Mr. and Mrs. Fürstenberg
1895
Medium
Etching on tan wove paper
Dimensions
Image/plate: 19.9 × 27.7 cm (7 7/8 × 10 15/16 in.); Sheet: 27.1 × 34.2 cm (10 11/16 × 13 1/2 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
55274
Art Historical Context
Anders Zorn's 1895 etching *Mr. and Mrs. Fürstenberg* offers an intimate glimpse into the world of late nineteenth-century European portraiture. Created during the height of Zorn’s international acclaim, the work captures a couple with remarkable economy of line and tonal subtlety. As a Swedish artist celebrated across Europe and America, Zorn frequently portrayed prominent sitters, using the etching medium to convey both personality and social presence. Etching on tan wove paper allowed Zorn to achieve delicate textures and luminous effects that rival his more famous oil paintings. The mediu...
About the Artist
Anders Zorn · 1860–1920
Anders Zorn (1860–1920), one of Sweden's most celebrated artists, was born on February 18 in Utmeland near Mora in Dalarna, and raised on his maternal grandparents' farm in the nearby hamlet of Yvraden. Displaying prodigious talent from a young age, he attended school in Mora Strand until age twelve, followed by secondary grammar school in Enköping, where he excelled in drawing people and horses. ...