ANGELIKA
KAUFFMANN
Coire, Switzerland 1740 – 1807
Rome
Portrait of Johann Joachim Winckelmann
(Andresen 2 iii/iii)
215 x 162 mm
Etching, after her oil portrait, 1764.
Second (final) state, with the aquatint added,
together with the London publication line and
date 1780.
Printed in brown ink on paper watermarked with
part of a Cross over letters IHM in an oval.
A
diagonal corner fold at the bottom left.
Other lesser defects.
Sold
Angelika
Kauffmann met the German archaeologist and
art historian, who inspired the neo-classical
movement, in 1763 in Rome, where he had recently
been appointed Superintendent of Antiquities
by the Pope. He commissioned the twenty-three
year old artist to paint his portrait.
Winckelmann
wrote in a letter dated 1764 “ My
portrait has been painted by a remarkable
lady, a German artist. She is very strong
in oil portraits, mine cost thirty sequins,
and is a half-length seated figure. She has
etched it herself as a present to me ...”
(The
painting is now in the Zurich Kunsthaus)
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