Mrs. John Crosby Brown (Mary Elizabeth Adams, 1842–1918)
ca. 1900
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
29 x 23 3/4 in. (73.7 x 60.3 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
European Paintings
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Eliza Coe Moore, 1959
Accession Number
60.85
Tags
Art Historical Context
In this elegant portrait, Swedish artist Anders Zorn captures Mary Elizabeth Adams (1842–1918), known as Mrs. John Crosby Brown, around 1900. Oil on canvas, measuring 29 x 23¾ inches, the painting exemplifies Zorn's mastery of portraiture during his peak international fame. A leading figure in late 19th- and early 20th-century European art, Zorn was renowned for his visits to the United States, where he painted affluent patrons like the Browns, a prominent New York family known for their musical philanthropy at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Zorn's style blends Realism with Impressionist inf...
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. ...