Print Description
Charlotte mourning over Werter.
Made by an anonymous engraver after Angelica Kauffman.
Medium: Mezzontint etching on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 24 x 24 cm (9.45 x 9.45 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Larger tear exenting from the top. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
WERTER-POST MORTUM | PCO-E8-13
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Source: unknown, to be determined.
Biography artist: Maria Anna Angelika Kauffmann RA (30 October 1741 – 5 November 1807), usually known in English as Angelica Kauffman, was a Swiss Neoclassical painter who had a successful career in London and Rome. Remembered primarily as a history painter, Kauffmann 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 in London in 1768.
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