Robert Melville
The Visitation—1911–17

From Tether 3, page 118

Between the years 1911 and 1917 the privacy of Giorgio de Chirico was invaded by the hatreds, fears, jealousies, and desires of childhood, and as long as the visitation lasted, as long as he was at the mercy of the vindictive logic of the child, his hand was firm, his vision unwavering and profound.