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Pair of doors with scenes after Angelica Kauffman

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Pair of doors with scenes after Angelica Kauffman

Angelica Kauffmann

after 1784

Medium

Wood, polychromed copper, gilt bronze

Tags

Dimensions

Each: 90 × 43 1/2 in. (228.6 × 110.5 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller Jr., 1962

Classification

Woodwork

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Culture

British

Rights

Public Domain

About Angelica Kauffmann

1741–1807 • Three LeaguesSwitzerland

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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