Angelica KauffmannSwiss, 1741–1807Miranda und Ferdinand
Can I see it?
Unknown
Where is “Miranda und Ferdinand” now? Collection: Belvedere, Vienna. Unknown.
Vienna, Austria
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
About the painting
Museum text in German
Nach Shakespeares "The Tempest", 3. Akt, I. Szene: Die erste Begegnung der Liebenden auf der Insel.
Belvedere
Details
In the catalog
Sources
- Belvedere
- Image: Belvedere — CC BY-SA 4.0
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.
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.
