Art, literature & history
Mrs. Walter Rathbone Bacon (Virginia Purdy Barker, 1862–1919)
1897
- Dating
- Exact year
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 67 1/4 x 42 1/2 in. (170.8 x 108 cm)
- Collection no.
- 17.204
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Anders Zorn. Mrs. Walter Rathbone Bacon (Virginia Purdy Barker, 1862–1919). The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
About this artwork
Mrs. Walter Rathbone Bacon (Virginia Purdy Barker, 1862–1919) — Anders Zorn. 1897.
Medium: Oil on canvas. Dimensions: 67 1/4 x 42 1/2 in. (170.8 x 108 cm).
Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Walter Rathbone Bacon, in memory of her husband, 1917.
This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.