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Telemachus and the Nymphs of Calypso

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Telemachus and the Nymphs of Calypso

Angelica Kauffmann

1782

Medium

Oil on canvas

Tags

Men Women Nymphs

Dimensions

32 1/2 x 44 1/4 in. (82.6 x 112.4 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Collis P. Huntington, 1900

Classification

Paintings

Department

European Paintings

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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