A Dancing Maiden with Garland
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Catalogue Number:
40
Artist:
Angelica Kauffman (1741-1807)
Title:
A Dancing Maiden with Garland
Work Type:
Drawing
Date:
18th Century
Culture:
Swiss/British
Medium:
Brown ink on laid paper, pasted on secondary support on old mount
Dimensions:
5 3/8 X 3 3/8 in.
Inscriptions & Annotations:
Drawing annotated 90 (graphite); Support inscribed A. Kaufmann (graphite); Mount inscribed Angelica Kauffman Eng. – (1741-1807) / Dancer (graphite); Verso: Annotated 6 (graphite)
Condition:
Staining from left, horizontal creasing, light surface grime
Credit Line:
Cornell College, Gift of Robert Sonnenschein II
Accession Year:
1951
Object Number:
1951.40
Commentary:
This drawing shares much of the character of Kauffmann’s Beauty Directed by Prudence Rejects with Scorn the Solicitations of Folly, well known because of the Delâtre engraving. It can also be compared with the drawing in the British Museum, London, of The Three Graces Dancing. (Alasko)
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