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Two Seated Italian Women with a Baby in a Cradle

1889
Not on view
From 1885 to 1908, Zahrtmann was one of the leading teachers at Copenhagen’s Kunstnernes Frie Studieskoler (Free Arts Schools), founded in the early 1880s as an alternative to the Royal Danish Academy. In the summers he traveled to Italy, eventually establishing a small artists’ colony in Civita d’Antino, a mountain town in the central region of Abruzzo. In this highly finished charcoal drawing—signed and dated by the artist—the models wear traditional clothing of the area. The mother and child gaze toward one another, transcending their physical separation in the composition.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Two Seated Italian Women with a Baby in a Cradle
  • Artist: Kristian Zahrtmann (Danish, Rønne 1834–1912 Frederiksberg)
  • Date: 1889
  • Medium: Charcoal; framing lines in charcoal (or graphite?), by the artist
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 17 3/8 × 13 1/8 in. (44.2 × 33.4 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 2015
  • Object Number: 2015.29
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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