Bidspirit auction | Angelika Kauffmann (Coira, 1741 -

Angelika Kauffmann (Coira, 1741 - Roma, 1807) Attributed to - Ritratto di giovane gentildonna. Oil on canvas cm. 55x46,5. Framed This refined painting reveals the distinctive features of Angelika Kauffmann’s portrait art. The captivating intensity of the gaze, directed with grace and composure toward the viewer, the balanced classicising elegance, and the luminous painterly execution can be associated with the artist’s mature production in the last two decades of the eighteenth century, after her definitive relocation to Rome. One may think of the Self-portrait in the Neue Pinakothek, Munich, the Portrait of Princess Catherine Skawronska in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg, the Portrait of a Lady in the Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, or the Portrait of Anna Zamoisky in a private collection. Provenance: W. Apolloni Gallery, Rome (until 1997); private collection, Rome.