born Oct. 30, 1741, Chur, Switz.
died Nov. 5, 1807, Rome, Papal States
Swiss-born Italian painter.
She began studying art in Italy as a child, showing great precocity, and in 1766 her friend Robert Adam . Her pastoral compositions incorporate delicate and graceful depictions of gods and goddesses; though her paintings are Rococo in tone and approach, her figures are Neoclassical (see {{link=Classicism and Neoclassicism">Classicism and Neoclassicism ). Her portraits of female sitters are among her finest works. After marrying the painter Antonio Zucchi (1726–95), she returned to Italy in 1781.
Self-portrait, painting on canvas by Angelica Kauffmann; in the Staatliche Museen Preussischer ...
Courtesy of the Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz Gemaldegalerie, Berlin/Art Resource, New York