For this reason, the portrait masters often say that the best conditions for painting somebody's portrait are the soft light of a cloudy day without sun, so that one can leave behind a calm and eternal painted likeness.
因此畫師們常說替人畫像，最好是在沒有太陽的陰天，好在柔和的光線中，為人們留下一張寧靜永恆的畫像。