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Self-Portrait

William Henry Rinehart, born Union Bridge, MD 1825-died Rome, Italy 1874

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.

Date: 1850-1874
Type: Sculpture
Medium: cast and painted plaster relief in metal frame
Department: SAAM
Institution: Smithsonian American Art Museum
Object number: saam_1970.335.25
Credit: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Peabody Institute

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