# The Muse

- By: Angelica Kauffmann (Swiss, 1741-1807)
- Date: 1766
- Medium: Etching with aquatint, on ivory laid paper
- Classification: Print
- Dimensions: Image: 19.5 × 15.5 cm (7 11/16 × 6 1/8 in.); Plate: 21.5 × 16.5 cm (8 1/2 × 6 1/2 in.); Sheet: 23.5 × 18.5 cm (9 5/16 × 7 5/16 in.)
- Culture: Switzerland
- Credit line: Purchased with funds provided by Sondra Ward Eisenberg in honor of the Docent Program of The Art Institute of Chicago
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/111875)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/32724acf-f9b6-b8b5-b44e-b6e322626976/full/843,/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

One of the most gifted woman artists of the 18th century, Kauffmann studied in Italy but had settled in London by 1766, where she was one of two female founding members of the Royal Academy in 1769.

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