Artwork Details
- Title
- Self-Portrait of Antoninus de Francisci
- Artist
- Date
- 1948
- Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 4 5⁄8 in. (11.9 cm) diam.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. Gilda Slate
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- gilded white metal
- Classifications
- Keywords
- Occupation — art — sculptor
- Portrait male — De Francisci, Antoninus — self-portrait
- Portrait male — De Francisci, Antoninus — bust
- Object Number
- 1966.110.48
Artwork Description
In 1948, Anthony de Francisci created a self-portrait medal that was intended to be mounted on a portable display of medals the artist could bring to prospective clients. This is the only self-portrait known of the sculptor, and the Latin inscription, which reads “The Work of Anthony de Francisci,” associated his medals with a classical tradition of sculpture reaching back beyond the Renaissance to antiquity.