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Self-Portrait
From the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Pettrich modeled this portrait around the time that he executed what has become his best-known statue, that of General George Washington in the act of resigning his commission as commander of the army. Confident from the success of that monumental work, he represented himself in his professional garb as a skilled sculptor.
Smithsonian American Art Museum’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineSelf-Portrait. 1840. Ferdinand Pettrich, born Dresden, Germany 1798-died Rome, Italy 1872. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum acquisition. CC0.
