Angelica KauffmannSwiss, 1741–1807Den læsende pige
Can I see it?
Not on view at present
Where is “Den læsende pige” now? Collection: SMK — National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen. Not on view at present. Checked September 29, 2026.
Copenhagen, Denmark
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
- Checked
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Details
- Accession number
- KKSgb13703
In the catalog
Sources
- SMK
- Image: SMK — National Gallery of Denmark — public domain
In the life of Angelica Kauffmann
The whole life1769–1782
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.
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.
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.
1781
Married: Antonio Zucchi
after 1781
Befriends Goethe in Rome
In Rome Kauffman befriended, among others, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
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.
