Live Auction 3028Old Masters and 19th Century Art
Attributed to Francesco Bartolozzi (Florence 1727-1813 Lisbon 1813)
Lot 148

Attributed to Francesco Bartolozzi (Florence 1727-1813 Lisbon 1813)

Portrait of Angelica Kauffmann, half-length, in a white dress with a red, fur-lined mantle, holding a sketch

Closed7 May 2013

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Attributed to Francesco Bartolozzi (Florence 1727-1813 Lisbon 1813)
Portrait of Angelica Kauffmann, half-length, in a white dress with a red, fur-lined mantle, holding a sketch
pastel and pencil on paper, oval
approximately 268 x 233 mm.

with Thomas Agnew & Sons, London.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 1 April 1993, lot 27.

Specialist note

While previously considered a preparatory work for Bartolozzi's engraving after the portrait of Angelika Kauffmann by Sir Joshua Reynolds, it is more likely that this is an independent and finely elaborated pastel by Bartolozzi of an earlier stage.

We are grateful to Mrs. Bettina Baumgärtel of the Angelika Kauffmann Research Project, for endorsing the attribution after personal inspection (written communication, 1 March 2013).