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 diverse skills. She was adept at playing the glass harmonica, as described by Danish poet Helfrich Peter Sturz during a visit to her London studio in 1768.
Her large expressive eyes devoutly cast upwards, she elicited haunting chimes from a set of gradated glasses.
Kauffman also played the cittern and recited poetry to her guests, who might have been attending a portrait sitting. In 1767, she depicted the Duchess of Brunswick in a classical portrait.
Author's summary: Kirsten Tambling reviews Franny Moyle's book on 18th-century women artists.
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