Angelika Kauffmann
1741-1807,Swiss neoclassical painter and graphic artist. From her youth she was known for her artistic, musical, and linguistic abilities. She went to England, where she enjoyed success as a fashionable portrait painter and decorator. A protegee of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Kauffman was one of the original members of the Royal Academy. She often decorated houses designed by the Adam brothers. After her marriage in 1781 to the Venetian painter Antonio Zucchi, she lived in Italy, where she flourished in artistic and literary circles. Reynolds, Winckelmann, Goethe, and Garrick commissioned her to paint their portraits. Representative works include Religion (National Gall., London); Self-Portrait (Staatliche Museen, Berlin); and the etchings of L'Allegra and La Pensierosa. The British Museum has a collection of her drawings and prints. Related Paintings of Angelika Kauffmann :. | Bildnis Anne Loudoun,Lady Henderson of Fordell | Bildnis Lady Frances Anne Hoare | Bildnis der Geschwister Plymouth als Amor und Psyche | Die Zopfflechterin | Bildnis des Vaters Johann Joseph Kauffmann | Related Artists: George EarleEnglish , born May 25, 1803, London, Eng. -died Jan. 18, 1873, Torquay, Devonshire velazqufz1625-30
devonshire collection, chatsworth Vyacheslav Schwarzpainted The Spring Pilgrimage of the Tsarina, under Tsar Aleksy Mihailovich in 1868
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