A Bather (Echo)
1881
97.0 x 71.0 cm
让-雅克·埃内(1829 – 1905)
让-雅克·埃内 (1829-1905):法国画家,以其光彩夺目的裸体画、宗教场景和肖像画而闻名。他是晕涂法(sfumato)与明暗对照法(chiaroscuro)的大师,影响了后世无数艺术家。
According to the artist"s diary, this painting depicts a figure from Greek mythology, Echo. It was commissioned by Catherine Lorillard Wolfe, a great patron of contemporary French painting and of The Met, and became the first work by Henner to enter an American museum. Like the present canvas, the two other versions of this composition were also acquired by female collectors. One is now in the Musée national Jean-Jacques Henner, Paris; the other has not been located.