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Study of a Seated Woman

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Study of a Seated Woman

Angelica Kauffmann

1790–91 (?)

Medium

Black chalk, heightened with white chalk, on light brown prepared (?) paper

Dimensions

Sheet: 15 15/16 × 11 in. (40.5 × 28 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Brooke Russell Astor Bequest, 2013

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

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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