Artwork
Albert Besnard and His Model
Albert Besnard and His Model is an ink print by the Impressionist artist Anders Zorn. It dates from 1896 and is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Art.
About this work
Overview
Albert Besnard and His Model is an etching on laid paper created by Anders Zorn in 1896.
Subject & Meaning
The print depicts a contemplative scene: a man in a hat leaning over a seated woman, who holds a small object, both appearing lost in thought. The dimly lit room, with heavy curtains filtering the light, adds to the introspective atmosphere.
Technique & Style
Zorn employed rapid, scratchy lines to convey texture and create a sense of immediacy, capturing a quiet moment with a snapshot-like quality.
Artist & collection
Artist
Anders Leonard Zorn was born in February 1860 in Mora, Dalarna, the illegitimate son of a Bavarian brewer and a Swedish farmer's daughter; his mother died shortly after his birth, and his grandparents raised him.
Prostitution (La Prostitution)
In Camera
Rag Pickers, Quartier Mouffetard, Paris
Rosita Mauri
Le Cafe
At the Theatre-Libre: Antoine in "L'inquiétude" (Au Théatre-Libre: Antoine dans "L'inquiétude")
Miss Cumberlege
Suspension d'audience (Recess of the Hearing)
The Doll (La Poupée)
La Marchande de Moutards
Girl with a Cigarette II
Portrait of the Artist and His Model