Angelica Kauffmann
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
A Sibyl, This is a painting of a sibyl tipping her wide-brimmed hat. Sibyls were staple figures in Greek mythology and believed to be interpreters of oracles and their prophecies. This is a basic record created to enable public access to scanned images. Full research on this image is pending. For assistance, please e-mail us at specialcollections@vanderbilt.edu, c. 1785, Photographed in 1915-1920
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.GERM.0295; Public Notes:
Baroness Krüdener and her son Paul, This is a portrait of the Baroness Barbara Juliana von Krüdener and her son, Paul. They are set in the woods and are holding a bow and quiver of arrows. This is a basic record created to enable public access to scanned images. Full research on this image is pending. For assistance, please e-mail us at specialcollections@vanderbilt.edu, 1786, Photographed in 1915-1920
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.GERM.0297; Public Notes:
Holy Family with young John the Baptist, This is a depiction of the Holy Family with a young Saint John the Baptist. They are set in the woods and rendered with a lamb and cross, symbols of their purity and fates. This is a basic record created to enable public access to scanned images. Full research on this image is pending. For assistance, please e-mail us at specialcollections@vanderbilt.edu, c. 1795, Photographed in 1915-1920
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.GERM.0291; Public Notes:
Hope, This is a personification of the goddess of hope. This is a basic record created to enable public access to scanned images. Full research on this image is pending. For assistance, please e-mail us at specialcollections@vanderbilt.edu, c. 1785, Photographed in 1915-1920
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.GERM.0296; Public Notes:
Self-Portrait, This is a detail of the face of the artist in her self-portrait, which she painted as a young woman and set in a luxurious study. This is a basic record created to enable public access to scanned images. Full research on this image is pending. For assistance, please e-mail us at specialcollections@vanderbilt.edu, 1787, Photographed in 1915-1920
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.GERM.0293; Public Notes:
Self-Portrait, This is a self-portrait of the artist, painted as a young woman and set in a luxurious study. This is a basic record created to enable public access to scanned images. Full research on this image is pending. For assistance, please e-mail us at specialcollections@vanderbilt.edu, 1787, Photographed in 1915-1920
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.GERM.0292; Public Notes:
Sibyl Reading, This is a painting of a sibyl reading. Sibyls were staple figures in Greek mythology and believed to be interpreters of oracles and their prophecies. This is a basic record created to enable public access to scanned images. Full research on this image is pending. For assistance, please e-mail us at specialcollections@vanderbilt.edu, c. 1785, Photographed in 1915-1920
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.GERM.0294; Public Notes:
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