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SIPublic domain
Self-Portrait
Ferdinand Pettrich, born Dresden, Germany 1798-died Rome, Italy 1872
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.
- Date
- 1840
- Type
- Sculpture
- Medium
- painted plaster
- Department
- SAAM
- Institution
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Object number
- saam_XX24
- Credit
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum acquisition
