Johann Winckelmann
1764, published 1780
Medium
etching and engraving printed in brown on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 21.6 x 15.9 cm (8 1/2 x 6 1/4 in.) sheet: 52.3 x 36.3 cm (20 9/16 x 14 5/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Henry and Judith Rice Millon, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
Accession Number
1991.203.22
About the Artist
Angelica Kauffmann · 1741–1807
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...