Portrait of Elizabeth and Charles Hedworth Williamson with Dog
Antonio Mancini, Italian, 1852 - 1930
Date:
c. 1907Medium:
Oil on canvasDimensions:
29 1/2 × 19 inches (74.9 × 48.3 cm)Curatorial Department:
European PaintingObject Location:
2004-108-12Credit Line:
Vance N. Jordan Collection, 2004
c. 1907Medium:
Oil on canvasDimensions:
29 1/2 × 19 inches (74.9 × 48.3 cm)Curatorial Department:
European PaintingObject Location:
Currently not on view
Accession Number:2004-108-12Credit Line:
Vance N. Jordan Collection, 2004
Label:
Created during Mancini's second trip to Great Britain in 1907/8, this painting portrays two grandchildren of Mancini's patron Mrs. Charles (Mary) Hunter. Mancini was fascinated with the potential effects of the children's white clothing, and brings them into brilliant high relief in the foreground with impossibly thick and aggressive clumps of impasto. The result is a startling and delightful innovation that suggests the conversion of light into solid form.
Created during Mancini's second trip to Great Britain in 1907/8, this painting portrays two grandchildren of Mancini's patron Mrs. Charles (Mary) Hunter. Mancini was fascinated with the potential effects of the children's white clothing, and brings them into brilliant high relief in the foreground with impossibly thick and aggressive clumps of impasto. The result is a startling and delightful innovation that suggests the conversion of light into solid form.