MAKE A MEME View Large Image Antonio Mancini, autoritratto.jpg Artwork Creator Antonio Mancini other date ca 1883 pastel paper langswitch mit Deckweiß erhöht heightened with white opaque watercolor cm 69 2 47 9 institution Philadelphia Museum of Art not on view http ...
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Keywords: Antonio Mancini, autoritratto.jpg Artwork Creator Antonio Mancini other date ca 1883 pastel paper langswitch mit Deckweiß erhöht heightened with white opaque watercolor cm 69 2 47 9 institution Philadelphia Museum of Art not on view http //www philamuseum org/collections/permanent/283524 html mulR 19411 The Philadelphia Museum of Art object history credit line Vance N Jordan Collection 2004 While in the hospital Mancini paints a series of self-portraits in which he portrays himself with both ridicule and pity posing with a basket on his head in one case In the Self-Portrait above painted the year before his stint in the hospital Mancini places a straw hat on his head tipping it back far enough to transform it into a halo and transforming himself from the starving artist into the suffering servant martyred by others ™ misunderstanding of his art Through such transformations Mancini adds an imaginative dimension that underscores the visionary rather than realistic qualities of his work Hiesinger believes Every time that Mancini gains some small success as when Sargent helps him obtain portrait commissions from American and British patrons parasitic family members including his father take away all his money and possessions forcing Mancini at one point to sell paintings just to purchase the paint and canvas to paint more <ref>http //artblogbybob blogspot com/2007/11/man-of-sorrows html artblogbybob blogspot com</ref> reflist accession number 2004-108-14a 1 File Antonio Mancini jpg<br/>2 http //www philamuseum org/collections/permanent/283524 html mulR 19411 Philadelphia Museum of Art online gallery PD-old-auto-1923 1930 Antonio Mancini Italian paintings in the Philadelphia Museum of Art Self-portrait paintings
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