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Self-Portrait, Angelica Kauffmann, 1780
Angelica Kauffmann, portraitAngelica KauffmannSwiss, 1741–1807

Self-Portrait

1780 · Painting · 76.5 × 63 cm

May one see it?

Not receiving at present

State Hermitage Museum

Saint Petersburg, Russia

It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.

Checked
29 Aug 2026
In this state since
Aug 30, 2026
Source
The museum
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About the painting

In the museum's own words — in Russian

Изображенная дама, вероятно, идеализированный автопортрет Ангелики Кауфманн. Ангелика, необычайно популярная в свое время художница, была знакома со знаменитостями эпохи, среди которых И. И. Винкельман и И. В. Гёте. «Ее глаза так умны, ее знание механизма искусства так велико, ее чувство прекрасного столь глубоко, а она остается так непостижимо скромна...», – отзывался о ней великий немецкий поэт. Картина, в которой звучат мягкие пастельные тона, исполнена в характерной для Кауфманн изящной живописной манере с гладкой техникой и тщательной прорисовкой деталей. Такой художница хотела представить себя – молодой и очаровательной в своей естественной красоте. Она одета в платье простого кроя, сшитое из легкой светлой ткани и украшенное пышными оборками, с поясом из плотного цветного шелка.

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Это платье-сорочка вошло в моду после того, как в парижском Салоне был показан и вызвал скандал портрет французской королевы Марии-Антуанетты в подобном наряде. Новая мода возникла в 1780-е годов в связи со стремлением к простоте и близости к Природе, свойственным эпохе Просвещения. Существует несколько автопортретов Ангелики Кауфманн; эрмитажный написан во время ее пребывания в Риме.

State Hermitage Museum

Particulars

1780 · aged 39
17411807
Accession number
ГЭ-7261

In the catalog

PaintingsOilNeoclassicism18th centuryGermany

Sources

  • State Hermitage Museum
  • Image: State Hermitage Museum — Museum open access

Meanwhile, in the life of Angelica Kauffmann

The whole life
  1. 1769–1782

    An annual exhibitor at the Royal Academy

    From 1769 until 1782 Kauffman exhibited at the Royal Academy every year, sometimes sending as many as seven pictures, generally on classical or allegorical subjects.

  2. 1770s

    Engravers reproduce her pictures

    At the same time Kauffman began to work with engravers who copied her pictures for wide distribution, and she became a commercially successful artist.

  3. 1781

    Returns to Rome

    Disappointed by the relative apathy of the British towards history painting, Kauffman left London, where she had lived for fifteen years, in 1781, after her marriage to Antonio Zucchi, and returned to Rome, where that genre was better known and enjoyed the patronage of patrons and collectors.

  4. 1781

    Married: Antonio Zucchi

  5. after 1781

    Befriends Goethe in Rome

    In Rome Kauffman befriended, among others, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

  6. 1782

    Her father, Joseph Johann Kauffmann, dies

    In 1782 Angelica’s father, Joseph Johann Kauffmann (1707–1782), died; he was her first teacher of painting, and she had worked and travelled with him through Switzerland, Austria and Italy.

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Parting of Abelard and Heloise, Angelica Kauffmann, 18th century

Parting of Abelard and Heloise

18th century · State Hermitage Museum

The Temptation of Eros, Angelica Kauffmann, 1750–75

The Temptation of Eros

1750–75 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Victory of Eros, Angelica Kauffmann, 1750–75

The Victory of Eros

1750–75 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Edward Smith Stanley (1752–1834), Twelfth Earl of Derby, Elizabeth, Countess of Derby (Lady Elizabeth Hamilton, 1753–1797), and Their Son (Edward Smith Stanley, 1775–1851), Angelica Kauffmann, ca. 1776

Edward Smith Stanley (1752–1834), Twelfth Earl of Derby, Elizabeth, Countess of Derby (Lady Elizabeth Hamilton, 1753–1797), and Their Son (Edward Smith Stanley, 1775–1851)

ca. 1776 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Telemachus and the Nymphs of Calypso, Angelica Kauffmann, 1782

Telemachus and the Nymphs of Calypso

1782 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Sorrow of Telemachus, Angelica Kauffmann, 1783

The Sorrow of Telemachus

1783 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Monsignor Giuseppe Spina (1756–1828), Angelica Kauffmann, 1798

Monsignor Giuseppe Spina (1756–1828)

1798 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Three Graces distressing Cupid, Angelica Kauffman, late 18th century

The Three Graces distressing Cupid

late 18th century · Victoria and Albert Museum

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