Kirsten Tambling: Sense & Sensibility
Kirsten Tambling discusses the book "Mrs Kauffman and Madame Le Brun: The Entwined Lives of Two Great Eighteenth-Century Women Artists" by Franny Moyle.
Angelica Kauffman: A Multifaceted Artist
Angelica Kauffman was a talented artist with various skills. She was adept at playing the glass harmonica, and in 1768, the Danish poet Helfrich Peter Sturz visited her London studio and described her playing the instrument with "her large expressive eyes devoutly cast upwards".
- She also played the cittern.
- Delighted guests with poetry recitations.
Her large expressive eyes devoutly cast upwards
Meanwhile, Kauffman's studio was also a place for portrait sittings. In 1767, she depicted the Duchess of Brunswick, in classical drapery, holding her infant son.
Author's summary: Kirsten Tambling reviews a book about two 18th-century women artists.
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