Self-Portrait of the Artist with her Father

{{Short description|Painting by Constance Mayer}}

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Self-Portrait of the Artist with her Father is an oil on canvas painting by Constance Mayer, showing her with her father Pierre and (left) a bust of Raphael, to which he points as an example for her.{{Cite web|url=https://5058.sydneyplus.com/argus/final/Portal/Public.aspx?lang=en-US&g_AABJ=Constance+Mayer&p_AAFG=+%5c%7cMaker+%3d%3d+%274d966fcd-d350-487c-a03a-fb9a24dd2392%27&d=d|title=Catalogue entry}}{{in lang|fr}} {{cite web |title=Portrait en pied d'un père et de sa fille|url=https://salons.musee-orsay.fr/index/notice/20145 |publisher=Musée d’Orsay / Institut national d’histoire de l’art}}. First exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1801 as Standing Portrait of a Father and his Daughter, it was bought at auction at Sotheby's New York in 1989 for $120,000 by its present owner, the Wadsworth Atheneum, a record price at auction for the artist until June 2023.{{cite web |author=Gabriel Berner |title=Highest Mayer auction sum since 1989 |url=https://www.antiquestradegazette.com/print-edition/2023/june/2598/auction-reports/highest-mayer-auction-sum-since-1989/ |work=Antiques Trade Gazette |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240326023443/https://www.antiquestradegazette.com/print-edition/2023/june/2598/auction-reports/highest-mayer-auction-sum-since-1989/ |archive-date=2024-03-26}}.{{cite web |title=Notice |url=https://5058.sydneyplus.com/argus/final/Portal/Public.aspx?lang=en-US&g_AABJ=Constance+Mayer&p_AAFG=+%5c%7cMaker+%3d%3d+%274d966fcd-d350-487c-a03a-fb9a24dd2392%27&d=d |publisher=Wadsworth Atheneum}}.