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An Irish Sculptor in Rome in the late 18th Century (Part 22).
Maria Anna Angelica Kaufmann (1741 - 1807).
Marble Herm Bust.
by Christopher Hewetson (- 1798)
Angelica Kauffman, an Austrian by birth made her fortune in London and resided in Rome from 1782 until her death in 1807.
These two images are the best photographs of this bust currently available to me.
The Monument to Angelica Kauffman in the Parish Church of the Holy Trinity,
A bust of Angelica Kauffman was set up in the Pantheon in Rome. It was moved with other busts to the Primoteca Capitolina in 1820. This was the posthumous bust carved by Peter Kauffman (1764 - 1829) see the image below. Kauffmans bust was based on the Hewetson Bust.
After a few years working in Paris, he obtained financial support from the Elector of Bavaria, Charles Theodore, that enabled him to study in Rome, where he worked with Bertel Thorvaldsen and Antonio Canova. He also became acquainted with the painter, Angelica Kaufmann, a distant cousin.
They supported each other, and she left
him a consideration in her will. He would stay in Rome for over twenty years
and, at an unknown date, married Barbara Garzes, of Spanish origin. They had
two sons: the elder, Ludwig (1800-1855), also became a sculptor.
Info Wikipaedia (needs to be checked).
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Angelica Kauffman.
A modern plaster copy.
after the bust in the Neue Pinakothek, Munich.
http://www.koerperabformung-hermes.de/kunstabformungen.html
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Angelica Kauffman - Self Portraits
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