Object details

Accession number

4.3.o.164

Primary Creator

Anders Zorn (Mora, 1860 - 1920, Mora)

Full title

Albert Besnard and His Model

Creation Date

1896

State

I/I

Provenance

Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection at an unknown date.

Marks

Signed on plate (lower right): Zorn
Inscribed on plate (upper left corner): Chez Besnard
Signed in pencil (lower margin): Zorn

Dimensions

23.6 x 15.9 cm (9 5/16 x 6 1/4 in.)

Display Media

Etching

Dimension Notes

Frame: 54.61 x 40.64 cm (21 1/2 x 16 in.)

Web Commentary

Sitting closely behind the French artist Albert Besnard (1849–1934), Zorn gives a drastically cropped and foreshortened view of his friend with a model in the background. Zorn visited Besnard in his Paris studio, and together they engaged in a jovial competition by drawing the same model at the same time; this etching is the result. The few lines that build up Besnard’s back and knee demonstrate Zorn’s talent with the etching needle.

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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