Object details

Accession number

4.2.r.161

Primary Creator

Anders Zorn (Mora, 1860 - 1920, Mora)

Full title

Augustus Saint-Gaudens II

Creation Date

1897

State

I/I

Provenance

Probably a gift from Anders Zorn to Isabella Stewart Gardner in 1897.

Marks

Signed and dated on plate (lower right): Zorn 17 X 1897
Inscribed on plate (lower right): St. Gaudens
Signed in pencil (lower margin): Zorn

Dimensions

13.5 x 20 cm (5 5/16 x 7 7/8 in.)

Display Media

Etching

Web Commentary

Is this still a studio scene? By depicting American sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848–1907) with his young model on a bed, Zorn created something more like an intimate boudoir picture. Saint- Gaudens is known to have had an affair with this woman and used her in multiple commissions. Zorn contrasts the older artist with the model’s youth and energy. Similar to Zorn’s own Self-Portrait with Model II, this portrait explores the charged relationship between male artist and female model.

Source: Anders Zorn: A European Artist Seduces America, special exhibition on view in the museum's Hostetter Gallery, February 28 – May, 2013.

Permanent Gallery Location

Short Gallery

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