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Angelica Kauffmann - The Death of Alcestis

The Death of Alcestis (1796)

Angelica Kauffmann (Swiss, 1741 – 1807)
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Angelica Kauffmann

Maria Anna Angelika Kauffmann, 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, along with Mary Moser, one of the two female founding members of the Royal Academy in London in 1768.

While Kauffman produced many types of art, she identified herself primarily as a history painter, an unusual designation for a woman artist in the 18th century. History painting was considered the most elite and lucrative category in academic painting during this time period and, under the direction of Sir Joshua Reynolds, the Royal Academy made a strong effort to promote it to a native audience more interested in commissioning and buying portraits and landscapes. Despite the popularity that Kauffman enjoyed in British society, and her success there as an artist, she was disappointed by the relative apathy of the British towards history painting. Ultimately she left Britain for the continent, where history painting was better established, held in higher esteem and patronized.

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Portrait of a woman, traditionally identified as Lady Hervey

Portrait of a woman, traditionally identified as Lady Hervey (circa 1770)

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Cupid and Cephisa

Cupid and Cephisa (1789)

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Coriolanus, Act 5, Scene III

Coriolanus, Act 5, Scene III (1783)

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Portrait of the Irish lawyer and politician Philip Tisdall

Portrait of the Irish lawyer and politician Philip Tisdall (1770s)

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Diana and her nymphs bathing

Diana and her nymphs bathing (circa 1778)

Angelica Kauffmann (Swiss, 1741 – 1807)
Judge George Robert Hellen (1725-1793)

Judge George Robert Hellen (1725-1793) (1771)

Angelica Kauffmann (Swiss, 1741 – 1807)
Celadon and Amelia

Celadon and Amelia (1782)

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A Frieze; Men Planting Trees, Women Gathering Blossoms and Watering Flowers

A Frieze; Men Planting Trees, Women Gathering Blossoms and Watering Flowers

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Seated Woman, Le Blanc 20

Seated Woman, Le Blanc 20

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Hebe

Hebe (1782)

Angelica Kauffmann (Swiss, 1741 – 1807)
Self Portrait

Self Portrait

Angelica Kauffmann (Swiss, 1741 – 1807)
Papirius Praetextatus Entreated by his Mother to Disclose the Secrets of the Deliberations of the Roman Senate

Papirius Praetextatus Entreated by his Mother to Disclose the Secrets of the Deliberations of the Roman Senate

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Telemachus and The Nymphs of Calypso

Telemachus and The Nymphs of Calypso (1782)

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Cordelia

Cordelia (1784)

Angelica Kauffmann (Swiss, 1741 – 1807)
Possibly Franciska Krasinska, Duchess of Courland

Possibly Franciska Krasinska, Duchess of Courland (c. 1790)

Angelica Kauffmann (Swiss, 1741 – 1807)
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