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Artist: Anders Zorn (1860–1920)
Alternative names: Anders Leonard Zorn
Swedish painter
Title: Jean Burnay
Object type: Painting
Description: The portrait of Jean Burnay is an impressive example of Zorn’s astonishing skill in watercolour painting. It is also fascinating how the interior, the setting, is employed to enhance the subject of the portrait. Zorn takes a sofa as his only prop, but he uses it to heighten Burnay’s character. The figure appears as magnificent as a peacock with its tail feathers.
Date: 1884
Medium (Swedish): Akvarell
Dimensions: Height: 70 cm (27.6 in). Width: 52 cm (20.5 in).
Framed: Height: 90 cm (35.4 in). Width: 72 cm (28.3 in). Depth: 4 cm (1.6 in).
Inscriptions (Swedish): Signerad: Zorn 84
SKU: 273017
