“Andrea del Sarto (Called ‘The Faultless Painter’)” and William Page (Called “The American Titian”)

Abstract

In 1853 William Page, an American painter living in Rome who was known for his portraits of men and women, discovered what he considered to be a new scientific way of measuring the proportions of the human body. He was inspired by a favorite authority of the Swedenborgians, the Book of Revelation. In an article published in 1879, “The Measure of a Man,” Page remembered: While seeking for truth of form and adjusting the proportions of my manikins, a remarkable statement in the Revelation engaged my attention: “And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.”– Revelation, xxi (see 12-17 inclusive).

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