Zorn and His Wife
Medium
Etching; third state of three (after plate was beveled)
Dimensions
Plate: 12 1/2 × 8 5/16 in. (31.7 × 21.1 cm) Sheet: 19 in. × 13 7/16 in. (48.2 × 34.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Ida Kammerer, in memory of her husband, Frederic Kammerer, M.D., 1933
Accession Number
33.79.16
Tags
Art Historical Context
Created in 1890, *Zorn and His Wife* is a striking self-portrait etching by the Swedish artist Anders Zorn, showing him alongside his wife, Emma. The intimate composition captures the couple in a moment of companionship, reflecting the personal nature of many of Zorn’s works from this period. As a print rather than a painting, the piece highlights Zorn’s mastery of etching, a technique that allowed him to achieve remarkable tonal range and spontaneity through fine lines bitten into a metal plate. This impression represents the third and final state of the print, after the artist beveled the e...
About the Artist
Anders Zorn|Anders Zorn|Emma 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. ...