79 Angelica Kauffman, Sappho, Inspired by Love, Composes an Ode to Venus, c....

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Description: Sappho, Inspired by Love, Composes an Ode to Venus

TitleSappho, Inspired by Love, Composes an Ode to Venus

Creator nameKauffman, Angelica

Creator nationality/cultureSwiss

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1775

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

LocationRoy Miles Fine Paintings

SubjectsWomen artistsMythology, Roman, in art

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Angelica Kauffman: Art and Sensibility

IN 1779 Richard Samuel exhibited his painting The Nine Living Muses of Great Britain (fig. 76) at the Royal Academy in London...

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Angela Rosenthal

PublisherPaul Mellon Centre

Related print edition pages: pp.155-187

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00255.006

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Chapter subject tags:Kauffmann, Angelica, 1741-1807Portrait painting, Swiss--18th centuryWomen artists--Switzerland--18th centuryArt patronage--Great Britain--18th centuryPainting, British--18th centuryNeoclassical (Art)

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