The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c29.41

v1.c29.41

"He (the King) offered me many gifts, but since the Provincial forbade us to receive money, we declined his offerings; this made a great impression on him, so much so that he said to his courtiers that we had never asked for anything. I have also painted several small pictures, specially one of Our Saviour. I once showed to him a painting of Our Lady which I had made presentation to one of our Fathers. He was greatly surprised at the sight of it and took it to his apartments to show it to the Queen; the picture never came back to my hands. Later on we were given to understand that the King had preserved it in a box where he keeps the jewellery, very well covered; we were told moreover that he used to open this box and look at the picture every day" ¹.