Girl Braiding Her Hair

1765

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Etching; first state of two
Dimensions: Sheet: 14 5/16 x 6 3/8 in. (36.4 x 16.2 cm) Plate: 8 5/8 x 6 3/8 in. (21.9 x 16.2 cm)
Collection no.: 1997.67
Attribution: By the artist

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Girl Braiding Her Hair — Angelica Kauffman. 1765.

Medium: Etching; first state of two. Dimensions: Sheet: 14 5/16 x 6 3/8 in. (36.4 x 16.2 cm) Plate: 8 5/8 x 6 3/8 in. (21.9 x 16.2 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Purchase, Gifts from Mrs. Gardner Cassatt, Mrs. Francis Ormond, Bessie Potter Vonnoh, William Benton, Donald Silve, William M. Ivins Jr., and Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney, and other gifts, bequests, and funds, by exchange, 1997.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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