ANDERS ZORN. THE TOAST
Size of the original etching, 12⅝ × 10½ inches
In the Collection of Albert W. Scholle, Esq.
ANDERS ZORN. MADAME SIMON
Size of the original etching, 9⅜ × 6¼ inches
In the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
ANDERS ZORN. MISS EMMA RASSMUSSEN
Size of the original etching, 7⅞ × 5⅞ inches
In the Collection of the Author
The Toast is etched from Zorn’s picture painted by him to celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of the Society of the Idun, a scientific and artistic society in Stockholm. Wieselgren, the President of the Society, a Viking-like figure, is about to propose a toast; beyond him, characterized with the fewest lines, are seen Nordenskjöld, the Arctic explorer; Hildebrand, the archæologist; Axel Key, professor of medicine; and Woern, the Minister of Finance. The plate has all the freshness, all the spontaneity, of an etching done directly from life and at a white heat.