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Angelika Kauffmann
1741-1807,Swiss neoclassical painter and graphic artist. From her youth she was known for her artistic, musical, and linguistic abilities. She went to England, where she enjoyed success as a fashionable portrait painter and decorator. A protegee of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Kauffman was one of the original members of the Royal Academy. She often decorated houses designed by the Adam brothers. After her marriage in 1781 to the Venetian painter Antonio Zucchi, she lived in Italy, where she flourished in artistic and literary circles. Reynolds, Winckelmann, Goethe, and Garrick commissioned her to paint their portraits. Representative works include Religion (National Gall., London); Self-Portrait (Staatliche Museen, Berlin); and the etchings of L'Allegra and La Pensierosa. The British Museum has a collection of her drawings and prints.
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Painting ID:: 45108
Bildnis des Vaters Johann Joseph Kauffmann
mk180
nech 1761-1766
Ol auf Leinwand
63.2x50.9cm
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Painting ID:: 45109
Studie Zum Bildnis Sir Joshua Reynolds
mk180
1766
Ol auf Leinwand
61x51cm
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Painting ID:: 45110
Bildnis Lady Henrietta Williams-Wynn
mk180
1769
Ol auf Leinwand
72.2x63.6cm
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Painting ID:: 45111
Bildnis des irischen Generalstatthalters
mk180
1771/72
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Painting ID:: 45112
Bildnis Anne Loudoun,Lady Henderson of Fordell
mk180
1771
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Angelika Kauffmann
1741-1807,Swiss neoclassical painter and graphic artist. From her youth she was known for her artistic, musical, and linguistic abilities. She went to England, where she enjoyed success as a fashionable portrait painter and decorator. A protegee of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Kauffman was one of the original members of the Royal Academy. She often decorated houses designed by the Adam brothers. After her marriage in 1781 to the Venetian painter Antonio Zucchi, she lived in Italy, where she flourished in artistic and literary circles. Reynolds, Winckelmann, Goethe, and Garrick commissioned her to paint their portraits. Representative works include Religion (National Gall., London); Self-Portrait (Staatliche Museen, Berlin); and the etchings of L'Allegra and La Pensierosa. The British Museum has a collection of her drawings and prints.
. Related Artists to Angelika Kauffmann: | Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich | Jean Raoux | Hermon Atkins Macneil | Girolamo Mocetto | Mortimer Menpes |
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