Angelica Maria Anna Katarina Kauffman was born in Chur, Switzerland, in 1747 into the family of the painter Johann Joseph Kauffman, who gave her an excellent education in the arts. Angelica was very gifted, demonstrating brilliant painting skills, a talent for music, a superb memory and an amazing capacity for languages. As a child, she could speak French, German, Italian and English.
1775. Oil on canvas, 137 x 178 cm. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia. Read Note.
c.1780-85. Oil on canvas, 76.5 x 63 cm. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia.
c.1766-1781. Oil on canvas. 65.5 x 64.5 cm. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia. Read Note.
1780. Oil on canvas, 65.6 x 65.5 cm. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia. Read Note.
1784. Oil on canvas. Ickworth House, Suffolk, UK. Read Note.
1785. Oil on canvas. 76 x 64 cm. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia. Read Note.
1787. Oil on canvas. 128 x 93.5 cm. Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy.
1788. Oil on canvas, 123 x 159 cm. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia. Read Note.
1791. Oil on canvas. 147 x 216 cm. Private collection.
1795. Oil on canvas. 131 x 103 cm. Szepmuveseti Muzeum, Budapest, Hungary.
Oil on canvas. 89 x 72 cm. Alte Meister Gallerie, Dresden, Germany.
c.1766-1781. Oil on canvas, 65.5 x 65.5 cm. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia. Read Note.
Oil on canvas, 123 x 159 cm. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia. Read Note.
Oil on canvas, 102 x 127.5 cm. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia. Read Note.
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Angelica Kauffmann, R.A. 1741-1807 by Dorothy M. Mayer. Dufour Editions, 1972.
Angelica Kauffman: A Continental Artist in Georgian England by Wendy Wassyng Roworth. Reaktion Books, 1993.
Angelica Kauffmann, R. A., her life and her works by Victoria Manners. Hacker Art Books, 1976.