Artist: William Page Atkinson Wells
Size: 13 x 9 cm
Technique: Gum Arabic
In 1850 Page traveled to Italy and remained there for a decade. There, he became infatuated with the Venetian Renaissance masters--particularly Titian--and attempted to emulate their technique. Page’s layering of pigments in this diminutive rendering of a man and a child reflects his interest in Titian’s method of achieving luminosity in his paintings. By loosely applying small strokes of watercolor Page created a sense of informality appropriate to the scale of the work, which has the intimacy of portraits rendered in miniature. The artist’s difficulty in depicting the flesh tones is suggested by the amount of scraping that appears on the faces, but he attended carefully to the details of the upholstery and costumes, both of which contribute to the charm and appealing sentimentality of this closely observed domestic portrait.
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