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Angelica Maria Anna Catherina Kauffman

 
Angelica Maria Anna Catherina Kauffman

Swiss 18th century Italian painter and printmaker
(1741 - 1807)

born in Switzerland; worked in Italy; ULAN: Swiss painter and etcher, and one of the few women artists of the time working in the Neo-Classical style to specialize in both portraits and subject pictures. Her famous sitters include the family of George III in Britain, Grand-Duke Paul and Prince Nikolay Yusupov in Russia, Stanislav II Poniatowski and Stanislav Kostka Potocki in Poland, Queen Caroline of Naples and Emperor Joseph II of Austria. Comment on works: Portraits; Mythology

6 objects

Portrait of La Marquise d'Orvilliers

1791
watercolor on ivory
Bequest of Miss Mary Sophia Walker
1904.56
 

Interview Between Edgar and Elfrida after her Marriage with Athelwold

1786
engraving on paper
Bequest of Charles Potter Kling
1935.308
 

Lady Elizabeth Grey imploring of Edward IV, restitution of her Husband's Land

1780
stipple engraving on paper
Bequest of Charles Potter Kling
1935.337
 

Troilus & Cressida, Act V Scene II

1795
stipple engraving on paper
Bequest of Charles Potter Kling
1935.471.9
 

Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act V Scene III

1792
stipple engraving on paper
Bequest of Charles Potter Kling
1935.471.68
 

Armida Crowning Rinaldo with Flowers

1780
etching on paper
Museum Purchase
1982.20