PAINTING OF WOMAN IN CLASSICAL DRESS ON BONE INSPIRED BY ANGELICA KAUFMANN For Sale

A PRECIOUS ANTIQUE MINIATURE PAINTING ON A BONE, SIGNED ON THE BACK. MADE IN 1940S WITHTHE IMAGE OF A YOUNG LADY INSPIRED BY ANGELIKA KAUFFMANN.

APPROXIMATELY 5.75” L X 1.75” WUNIQUE AND HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE.ANGELIKA KAUFFMANN WAS AN AUSTRIAN PAINTER BEST KNOWN FOR HER NEOCLASSICAL PORTRAITS OF 18TH-CENTURY BRITISH HIGH SOCIETY AND HISTORICAL PAINTINGS. BORN ON OCTOBER 30, 1741 IN GRAUBÜNDEN, SWITZERLAND, SHE WAS TAUGHT PAINTING BY HER FATHER WHO WAS HIMSELF A TRAVELING PAINTER AND FOUND FAVOR PAINTING LOCAL NOBLES AND BISHOPS. AFTER STUDYING AT THE ACCADEMIA DI BELLE ARTI DI FIRENZE IN 1762 AND EXTENSIVE TRAVEL THROUGHOUT ITALY IN HER YOUTH, KAUFFMANN MOVED TO LONDON AT THE BEHEST OF A FRIEND, WHERE SHE QUICKLY FOUND FAVOR AMONG THE ELITE. HER PORTRAITS GAINED SIGNIFICANT RECOGNITION, AND SHE EVENTUALLY HELPED FOUND THE BRITISH ROYAL ACADEMY. LONG AFTER HER DEATH ON NOVEMBER 5, 1807 IN ROME, ITALY, KAUFFMAN\'S WORK RETAINS CULTURAL PROMINENCE. HER PAINTINGS CAN BE FOUND AMONG THE COLLECTIONS OF SUCH IMPORTANT INSTITUTIONS AS THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY IN LONDON, THE HERMITAGE IN ST. PETERSBURG, AND THE ALTE PINAKOTHEK IN MUNICH.