Anthony de Francisci created this bas-relief as a gift for his new bride, Maria Teresa Cafarelli, shortly after the couple married in 1920. Teresa was twenty-two years old and appears here in a sporting outfit and turban worn by women in the years just after World War I. This plaster relief study led to a finished version in gold-plated brass (see 1966.51.86).
Credit: Gift of Mrs. Anthony de Francisci
1920
Plaster/cast
44.4 x 21.6cm
1966.51.23
Image and text: Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2023
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