Angelica Kauffmann
Swiss, 1741-1807
The Muse
INV-1118
Angelica Kauffmann
Swiss, 1741-18071766
etchingprint
Date
1766
Medium
Etching with aquatint, on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 19.5 × 15.5 cm (7 11/16 × 6 1/8 in.); Plate: 21.5 × 16.5 cm (8 1/2 × 6 1/2 in.); Sheet: 23.5 × 18.5 cm (9 5/16 × 7 5/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Purchased with funds provided by Sondra Ward Eisenberg in honor of the Docent Program of The Art Institute of Chicago
One of the most gifted woman artists of the 18th century, Kauffmann studied in Italy but had settled in London by 1766, where she was one of two female founding members of the Royal Academy in 1769.
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