Art, literature & historyAngelica Kauffman
1741–1807
Selected artwork
Portrait of Emma Hamilton
1791
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Other names (46)
A. Haufman, A. Kauffman, A. Kauffmann, A. Kauffmaun, A. Kaufman, A. Kaufmann, A. Koffman, Anga. Kauffman, Angelica, Angelica Catherina Maria Anna Kauffman, Angelica Hoffeman, Angelica Kauffmann, Angelica Kauffmann RA, Angelica Kaufman, Angelica Kaufmann, Angelica Zucchi, Angelika Kauffman, Angelika Kauffmann, Angelika Kaufmann, Angelique Kauffman, Angélique Kaufman, Angel. Kauffman, angel. kauffmann, angel. kaufmann, Angellica Kauffman, Ang. Kauffman, Ang. Kauffmann, Ang. Kaufman, Anjelica Kauffman, Kauffman, Kauffmann, Kauffmann angelika, M. A. Angelika K. Kauffmann, Maria Angelica Kauffman, Maria Angelica Kauffmann Zucchi, Maria Angelica Kaufmann Zucchi, Maria Anna Angelica Catharina Kauffman, Maria Anna Angelica Catharina Kauffmann, Maria Anna Angelica Catharina Kaufmann, Maria Anna Angelica Catherina Kauffman, Maria Anna Angelica Catherina Kauffmann, Maria Anna Angelica Catherina Zucchi, Maria Anna Angelika Kauffmann, Maria Anna Angelika Kaufmann, Mrs. Antonio Zucchi, R.A. A. Kauffman
Biography
Maria Anna Angelika Kauffmann ( KOWF-mən; 30 October 1741 – 5 November 1807), usually known in English as Angelica Kauffman, was a Swiss painter who had a successful career in London and Rome. Remembered primarily as a history painter, Kauffman was a skilled portraitist, landscape and decoration painter. She was, along with Mary Moser, one of two female painters among the founding members of the Royal Academy of Art in London in 1768.
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Influenced by
- Anton Raphael Mengseditorial inference
Evidence
Explicit secondary-source assertion; independent historical verification remains pending.
Artworks by year
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Museums & collections
Documented holdings of works attributed to Angelica Kauffman. Check the museum’s record for current display information.
- Statens Museum for Kunst (SMK)12 recorded works
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art9 recorded works
- Art Institute of Chicago6 recorded works
- Tyrolean State Museum2 recorded works
- Victoria and Albert Museum2 recorded works
- Brighton Museum & Art Gallery1 recorded work
- Bündner Kunstmuseum1 recorded work
- Finnish National Gallery1 recorded work
- Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister1 recorded work
- Hermitage Museum1 recorded work
- Holburne Museum1 recorded work
- Musée du Louvre1 recorded work
- Musei Civici di Arte e Storia1 recorded work
- National Gallery of Art1 recorded work
- Nationalmuseum1 recorded work
- National Museum in Warsaw1 recorded work
- National Portrait Gallery, London, UK1 recorded work
- Neue Pinakothek — Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen1 recorded work
- Tate1 recorded work
- The Cleveland Museum of Art1 recorded work
- Vanderbilt Museum of Art1 recorded work
Sources 15
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Austrian museum collections: independent authority research
- National Gallery of Art
- Country research — museum-connected artworks and verified painter affiliations
- Museum authority country review
- Pantheon 2025 — Datawheel (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Museum authority country review
- SMK: exact creator authority reconciliation
- Tate Collection metadata (October 2014 snapshot)
- Pantheon 2025 — Datawheel (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Expanded artwork research — official museum evidence
- Austrian museum collections: independent authority research
- Pantheon 2025 — Datawheel (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Louvre painter identity and WikiArt profile links
- WikiArt women artists review — 20 September 2026