Sense & Sensibility by Kirsten Tambling
Kirsten Tambling reviews the book "Mrs Kauffman and Madame Le Brun: The Entwined Lives of Two Great Eighteenth-Century Women Artists" by Franny Moyle.
About Angelica Kauffman
Angelica Kauffman was a talented artist with multiple skills. She was adept with a glass harmonica, and in 1768, the Danish poet Helfrich Peter Sturz described her playing it in her London studio, eliciting "haunting chimes from a set of gradated glasses, with ‘her large expressive eyes devoutly cast upwards’".
- She also played the cittern.
- She delighted guests with poetry recitations.
Her large expressive eyes devoutly cast upwards
In 1767, Kauffman depicted the Duchess of Brunswick, in flowing classical drapery of sumptuous white and blue, holding her infant son.
Author's summary: Review of 18th-century women artists.
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