Woman Resting Her Head on a Book
Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection
Catalogue
- Year
- 1770
- Dimensions
- Plate: 19.2 × 15.8 cm (7 9/16 × 6 1/4 in.); Sheet: 21.6 × 17.6 cm (8 9/16 × 6 15/16 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Angelica Kauffmann
Artist
Painting
Maria Anna Angelika Kauffmann, usually known in English as Angelica Kauffman, was a Swiss painter who had a successful career in London and Rome. Remembered primarily as a history painter, Kauffman was a skilled portraitist, landscape and decoration painter. She was, along with Mary Moser, one of two female painters among the founding members of the Royal Academy of Art in London in 1768.
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Record
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- Angelica Kauffmann
- Year
- 1770
- Dimensions
- Plate: 19.2 × 15.8 cm (7 9/16 × 6 1/4 in.); Sheet: 21.6 × 17.6 cm (8 9/16 × 6 15/16 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1770-001273
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified