Executioner from Siebenbürgen
Anders Zorn
1885
Medium
Etching on ivory wove paper mounted on gray paper
Dimensions
Image/plate: 11.1 × 7.5 cm (4 3/8 × 3 in.); Sheet: 16.6 × 11.5 cm (6 9/16 × 4 9/16 in.)
Classification
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
55305
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. ...