there, he painted portits, such as this fanciful allegocal age onis return tont, he inted these portras, which once again revealed thyoung artist's sympathy for children and his unique sensitivity to the psychological character of his sitters. van dyck painted this portrait of rubens' wife a parng gt r hi, tir garden. in the fall of 1621, van dyck lefantwerp sndix a e po compositis and ri brushwork of the 16th-century master titian appealed to the flemish artist, as did his penetrating portraits. in a sketchbook that he kept as he traveled, van dyck recorded works by the venetian artist. these drawings would later provide ideas and inspiration. the uenctitian had on van dyck's interpretation of the figure is evident in van dyck's painting of george gage, an englishman whwas in ity to acquire wksf gage's by n froal but inead turns in spa, making the composition bold and lifelike. the artist's own character and his attitude toward his art are revealed in thismarvou, painted shortly after dyck's arral iitaly. as a contemporary wrote, "his manners were more of an aristocrat and he was respl