Angelica Kauffman

1741–1807

Angelica Kauffman, ‘Portrait of a Lady’ c.1775
Portrait of a Lady c.1775
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Spotlights: Angelica Kauffman

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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

Angelica Kauffman Portrait of a Lady

c.1775
On display at Tate Britain part of Spotlights T00928

Manner of Angelica Kauffman Hector Taking Leave of Andromache

date not known
On display at Tate Britain part of Spotlights T00025

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Angelica Kauffman Armida in Vain Endeavours with Her Entreaties to Prevent Rinaldo’s Departure

c.1776
On display at Tate Britain part of Spotlights X70462

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Angelica Kauffman John Simpson

c.1777
On display at Tate Britain part of Spotlights X70443

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Angelica Kauffman Two Gentlemen of Verona

1788
On display at Tate Britain part of Spotlights X70454

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Angelica Kauffman Colouring

?1778–80
On display at Tate Britain part of Spotlights X70448

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Angelica Kauffman Design

?1778–80
On display at Tate Britain part of Spotlights X70453

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Angelica Kauffman, subject: Henrietta Laura Pulteney Henrietta Laura Pulteney

c.1777
On display at Tate Britain part of Spotlights X70455
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Artist as subject

Nathaniel Hone, ‘Sketch for ‘The Conjuror’’ 1775

Nathaniel Hone Sketch for ‘The Conjuror’

1775
T00938

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Angelica Kauffman, ‘Portrait of a Lady’ c.1775
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