Jeffery Smart

In this self-portrait Smart looks out intently at the viewer, as a young, determined artist. His portrait is a painting within a painting – tacked to a frame behind a still-life arrangement. Here, Smart memorialises the past in the present reflecting on his time on the Italian island of Procida, where he stayed before he returned to Australia in 1951 after nearly three years abroad. The work embodies his affection for Italy, anticipating his permanent return in 1964.