Angelica Kauffman / exhibition curators: Bettina Baumgärtel, Per Rumberg, Annette Wickham, Rebecca Bray ; translation from the German: Fiona Elliott.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Baumgärtel, Bettina, 1957- writer of supplementary content, curator.

Wickham, Annette, writer of supplementary content, curator.

Rumberg, Per, 1975- curator.

Bray, Rebecca (Curator), curator.

Elliott, Fiona, 1951- translator.

Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain), host institution, publisher.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Kauffmann, Angelica, 1741-1807--Exhibitions.

Kauffmann, Angelica.

Painters--Switzerland--18th century--Exhibitions.

Painters.

Genre:

exhibition catalogs.

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

125 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Royal Academy of Arts, [2024]

Summary:

"Internationally renowned, highly educated and very well connected, Angelica Kauffman RA (1741-1807) led a brilliant career as a pioneering history painter, an innovative portraitist and one of only two women among the founding membership of the Royal Academy of Arts in 1768. Kauffman was admired by Goethe and Herder, and her clients included queens and emperors from across the continent. Her extraordinary life and work are beautifully presented in this catalogue, which contains her finest paintings and drawings"--Publisher.

Contents:

She was of her time and the time was made for her / Bettina Baumgärtel [translated by Fiona Elliott]

Angelica Kaufman and the Royal Academy / Annette Wickham

Catalog plates with section introductions by Annette Wickham

Chronology / Bettina Baumgärtel.

Notes:

"First published on the occasion of the exhibition "Angelica Kauffmann", Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1 March - 30 June 2024." --Verso title page.

Includes bibliographical references (117-121 pages) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

Contains:

Container of: Kauffmann, Angelica, 1741-1807. Works. Selections.

ISBN:

9781915815033

1915815037

OCLC:

1395134594