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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
In this profile bas-relief, William Henry Rinehart emphasizes his design knowledge. The stylized curls reveal the decorative modeling skills that the sculptor honed while carving mantelpieces as a young man in Baltimore. The directed gaze and dynamic, continuous lines give the self-portrait a sense of immediacy and energy that belie its flat background.
Smithsonian American Art Museum’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineSelf-Portrait. 1850-1874. William Henry Rinehart, born Union Bridge, MD 1825-died Rome, Italy 1874. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Peabody Institute. CC0.
