The return of Telemach
Angelica Kauffmann (Chur 1741 - Rom 1807), circle of
Lot-No. 18
Oil/canvas, 100,5 x 126 cm, some rest., relined. - Swiss history, figure a. portrait painter, one of the very few female artist who was able to succeed on the art market dominated by men. K. was taught by her father with whom she travelled widely through German a. Italy, earning their living with portrait commissions. She was made member of the Bologna a. Rome academies a. founding member of the academy in London where she had moved with her father in 1766. In 1782 she settled in Rome with her husband, the Italian painter A. Zucchi. Her salon attracted many prominent men, among them Goethe a. emporer Joseph II.
Angelica Kauffmann: The return of Telemach
Angelica Kauffmann (Chur 1741 - Rom 1807), circle of
The return of Telemach
Lot-No. 18
Oil/canvas, 100,5 x 126 cm, some rest., relined. - Swiss history, figure a. portrait painter, one of the very few female artist who was able to succeed on the art market dominated by men. K. was taught by her father with whom she travelled widely through German a. Italy, earning their living with portrait commissions. She was made member of the Bologna a. Rome academies a. founding member of the academy in London where she had moved with her father in 1766. In 1782 she settled in Rome with her husband, the Italian painter A. Zucchi. Her salon attracted many prominent men, among them Goethe a. emporer Joseph II.