Self-Portrait
1916
Medium
Etching; third state of three
Dimensions
Plate: 6 15/16 × 4 3/4 in. (17.7 × 12 cm) Sheet: 12 15/16 × 10 1/4 in. (32.9 × 26 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession Number
17.3.692
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About this artwork
Anders Zorn created this self-portrait etching in 1916, near the end of his extraordinarily successful career as one of Sweden's most internationally celebrated artists. By this time, Zorn had achieved remarkable fame as a portraitist in France, England, and America, capturing the likenesses of presidents, industrialists, and socialites with his distinctive virtuosity. This etching, the third and final state, demonstrates Zorn's complete mastery of the printmaking medium he had practiced for ove...
Art Historical Context
In 1916, Swedish artist Anders Zorn crafted this striking self-portrait etching at age 56, near the pinnacle of his illustrious career. Renowned internationally as a portraitist, Zorn had captivated elites in France, England and America with vivid depictions of presidents, industrialists, and socialites This third and final state of the print his direct, self-assured gaze, reflecting the confidence of a master who had honed printmaking for over three decades. The etching draws from Zorn's 1915 oil of himself in wolfskin fur, evoking's rugged northern landscapes and cultural traditions. Throug...
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. ...