Portrait of Emma Hamilton
Purchase, several members of The Chairman's Council Gifts, 2003
Catalogue
- Year
- 1791
- Dimensions
- sheet: 14 3/16 x 16 11/16 in. (36 x 42.4 cm)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- 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
- 1791
- Dimensions
- sheet: 14 3/16 x 16 11/16 in. (36 x 42.4 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1791-536919
Source
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified