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The model
Strang, William, born 1859 - died 1921 - Enlarge image
The model
- Object:
Print
- Place of origin:
London (made)
- Date:
1882 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Strang, William, born 1859 - died 1921 (artist)
- Materials and Techniques:
Etching
- Credit Line:
Bequeathed by Constantine Alexander Ionides
- Museum number:
CAI.813
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level C, case IONIDES, shelf 22
Between 1876 and 1880 William Strang studied at the Slade School of Art in London under Alphonse Legros, whose uncompromising realism exerted a strong influence. This print is Strang's ingenious response to an etching by Rembrandt of a reclining woman seen from behind (CAI.728). The model's pose is nearly identical in both compositions, and the artist figure (a self-portrait of Strang), who sits behind the model, would see precisely the view which Rembrandt depicts.