Pío Casimiro Bacener, Autorretrato, 1894, oil on wood, 11 7⁄8 x 9 3⁄4 in. (30.2 x 24.7 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Teodoro Vidal Collection, 1996.91.12
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Artwork Details
- Title
- Autorretrato
- Artist
- Date
- 1894
- Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 11 7⁄8 x 9 3⁄4 in. (30.2 x 24.7 cm.)
- Credit Line
- Teodoro Vidal Collection
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- oil on wood
- Classifications
- Subjects
- Occupation — art — painter
- Portrait male — Bacener, Pio Casimiro — self-portrait
- Portrait male — Bacener, Pio Casimiro — bust
- Puerto Rican
- Object Number
- 1996.91.12
Artwork Description
A freed slave at the time he made this self-portrait, Pío Casimiro Bacener depicts himself as a distinguished gentleman. His worried expression, however, belies his confident pose. This portrait was probably painted as an assignment for the Public School of Drawing in San Juan. It is painted over another image, revealed through X-ray photography, of a child or an angel with hands clasped in prayer.
