Art Institute of Chicago
The Muse
Angelica Kauffmann
- Date
- 1766
- Medium
- Etching with aquatint, on ivory laid paper
- Culture
- Switzerland
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
One of the most gifted woman artists of the 18th century, Kauffmann studied in Italy but had settled in London by 1766, where she was one of two female founding members of the Royal Academy in 1769.
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- Object type
- AAT300041273
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