Angelica Kauffman RA

(1741 - 1807)

Swiss Neoclassical painter, beloved by Georgian society and considered a leading artist of her time. Yet her work receives less attention than Reynolds and Canova, and has never sold for more than $1 million at auction, and rarely been the subject of major art exhibitions.

Remarkable woman, feminist trailblazer, who

carved her way in the male dominated world of art.

The year before her Royal Academy inauguration, she was duped into marrying a man named Frederick de Horn, a wealthy Swedish count. He was in fact a penniless valet. The relationship ended after a few months,

but not before he had humiliated her and stolen her savings.