Angelica Kauffmann
1741–1807 · Neoclassicism · 7 works
Angelica Kauffmann developed an international career in portraiture and history painting, moving between Italy and England. She became one of the two women among the founding members of London’s Royal Academy in 1768. Stories from literature and classical antiquity supplied subjects for her paintings, while portraits connected her with patrons across Europe. Looking at these two parts of her work together reveals how a gesture, a costume, or the arrangement of figures can turn an individual likeness into a larger story.
7 works · 1763–1780
Follow the direction of the figures’ hands and eyes. What relationships can you read before knowing the names or story?
Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson
The Meeting of Orestes and Hermione, c. 1800
Benjamin West
Elizabeth Shewell West and Her Son, Raphael, c. 1770
Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun
Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne the Younger, 1774
