Biography
Maria Anna Angelika Kauffmann (30 October 1741 – 5 November 1807), usually known in English as Angelica Kauffman, was a Swiss Neoclassical painter who had a successful career in London and Rome. Remembered primarily as a history painter, Kauffmann was a skilled portraitist, landscape and decoration painter. She was one of the two female founding members of the Royal Academy in London in 1768.
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Angelica Kauffman Portrait of a Lady
c.1775
Manner of Angelica Kauffman Hector Taking Leave of Andromache
date not known
Artist as subject
Nathaniel Hone Sketch for ‘The Conjuror’
1775
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