Autorretrato

Pío Casimiro Bacener, Autorretrato, 1894, oil on wood, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Teodoro Vidal Collection, 1996.91.12
Copied 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
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/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.