Selfportrait

Institution

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

Object description:

Dazzlingly bright slanting sunlight illuminates the artist’s white smock and highlights the side of his forehead. But Zorn’s studio is gloomy, and shapes and details are hard to discern. In the background, his model, an Italian girl, sits with her long, auburn hair wrapped around her. Zorn’s self-portrait was exhibited in Stockholm in 1897.
Ett skarpt sidoljus belyser den vita målarblusen och får det att blänka i konstnärens tinning. Men i Zorns ateljé i Paris råder halvdunkel, former och detaljer är svåra att se. I bakgrunden sitter en modell, en italiensk flicka insvept i sitt långa rödbruna hår. Zorns självporträtt visades i Stockholm 1897.

Object/Work type:

paintings (visual works)

Cultural Heritage type:

Visual Works (hierarchy name)

Location:

Stockholm - Sweden

Object measurements:

Mått 118 x 91 cm Ram 151 x 124 x 7 cm

Creation

Anders Zorn (Konstnär)

Date: Sign. 1896

Material/Technique: Olja på duk, Oil on canvas

Acquisition

Date: Acquisition year 1897

Subject/theme:

Anders Zorn

Resource

Rights Type:  

Record

Rights Type: CC0

Source: Nationalmuseum, Sweden

Identifier: 18513