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History painting · Switzerland / Britain
Angelica Kauffman
1741–1807 · Founding academician of the grand manner
NeoclassicismHistory paintingMythologyRoyal Academy
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A founder member of the Royal Academy, Kauffman claimed history painting — the most prestigious and most male genre — and filled it with women reasoning, mourning and deciding.
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