Angelica KauffmannSwiss, 1741–1807Sitzendes Mädchen
May one see it?
Unknown
Braunschweig, Germany
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Particulars
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum
- Image: Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum — CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Meanwhile, in the life of Angelica Kauffmann
The whole life1768
Two pictures at the Society of Artists exhibition
In 1768, at the exhibition of the Society of Artists in London, Kauffman showed “Hector Taking Leave of Andromache” and “Penelope Taking Down the Bow of Odysseus”.
December 1768
Founding member of the Royal Academy of Arts
In December 1768 Kauffman became one of the founding members of the Royal Academy of Arts in London, one of only two women among them.
1769
Three pictures at the Royal Academy exhibition
At the Academy’s exhibition of 1769 Kauffman showed “Hector Taking Leave of Andromache”, “Venus Directing Aeneas and Achates to Carthage” and “Achilles Discovered by Ulysses among the Daughters of Lycomedes”; all three were bought by the patroness Theresa Parker.
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.
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.
1771
Several months in Ireland
In 1771 Kauffman spent several months in Ireland as a guest of the Lord Lieutenant, Viscount Townshend, and carried out a number of portrait commissions there; her Irish sitters included Philip Tisdall, the Attorney General for Ireland, and his wife Mary, who became her patron, and Henry Loftus, 1st Earl of Ely, with his family.
