31 Works, October 30th. is s day, her art, illustrated with footnotes #228

Angelica Kauffmann (1741–1807) (after)
A Lady with a Dagger

Oil on canvas
H 34 x W 28.5 cm
Wigan Arts and Heritage Service

Maria Anna Angelika Kauffmann RA (30 October 1741–5 November 1807), usually known in English as Angelica Kauffman, was a Swiss Neoclassical painter who had a successful career in London and Rome. Remembered primarily as a history painter, Kauffmann 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 in London in 1768…

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