The image displays an etched portrait of an older man from the waist up. He is standing with his body slightly turned to the side, but his face is oriented towards the viewer. The man has a thick beard and mustache, with neatly combed back hair. He is wearing a formal suit with a bow tie, detailed with fine lines. In his left hand, he holds a small glass. The background shows several other men dressed similarly in formal attire, slightly out of focus. The setting appears to be indoors, possibly within a formal venue or a private room with paneled walls.
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The image displays an etched portrait of an older man from the waist up. He is standing with his body slightly turned to the side, but his face is oriented towards the viewer. The man has a thick beard and mustache, with neatly combed back hair. He is wearing a formal suit with a bow tie, detailed with fine lines. In his left hand, he holds a small glass. The background shows several other men dressed similarly in formal attire, slightly out of focus. The setting appears to be indoors, possibly within a formal venue or a private room with paneled walls.

National Gallery of Art · Print

A Toast II

Anders Zorn

Date
1893
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 31.9 × 26.8 cm (12 9/16 × 10 9/16 in.) sheet (irreg.): 43 × 33.1 cm (16 15/16 × 13 1/16 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
1943.3.8851
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Time span
1876 to 1900
Department
CG-E

Subjects and terms

  • interior
  • architecture
  • Cup
  • Swedish
  • Costume
  • Man
  • Figures
Provenance

Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.

Inscription

"Zorn" lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. "Zorn / 1893" center left composition, in plate, artist's hand. "Hildebrand, Key, Waern, Nordenskiold, Wieselgren" lower left composition, in plate, artist's hand. "I Idun 1892" lower right, in plate, artist's hand. "A81985" verso, lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "T-VXV-" verso, lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand.

Marks

"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1760b). "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).

Watermarks

None.

NGA object ID 11350. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.