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

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Kauffmann, Angelica

Biography

Notable Works

Artworks

Highlighted Work(1)

Portrait of Emma Hamilton

All Artworks

Monsignor Giuseppe Spina (1756–1828)

The Sorrow of Telemachus

Telemachus and the Nymphs of Calypso

Edward Smith Stanley (1752–1834), Twelfth Earl of Derby, Elizabeth, Countess of Derby (Lady Elizabeth Hamilton, 1753–1797), and Their Son (Edward Smith Stanley, 1775–1851)

The Victory of Eros

The Temptation of Eros

Possibly Franciska Krasinska, Duchess of Courland

Mrs. Hugh Morgan and Her Daughter

Bruid en bruidegom betreden een bruidsvertrek

Female Figure Seated Beside an Urn

Study of a Standing Woman

Study of a Seated Woman

Servius Tullius When a Child, Asleep in the Apartment of King Tarquinius Priscus

Brisé fan, with representations of classical figures flanking Venus and Cupid

Pair of doors with scenes after Angelica Kauffman

Design for Ceiling: Apollo and the Hours

Juno

Johann Winckelmann

Rinaldo and Armida

Pair of vases

Poetry

Cup and saucer

Apollo, Lyra and Daphne (Trade card illustrating "Marian, an Opera")