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A Dancing Young Woman as Terpsichore
Angelica Kauffmann (Swiss, 1741–1807)
c. 1780
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Classification
- Painting
- Dimensions
- Overall: 91.5 x 70.8 cm (36 x 27 7/8 in.)
- Culture
- England
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art, European Painting and Sculpture
- Credit line
- Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
View at the Cleveland Museum of Art
About this work
This dancing figure was inspired by recently excavated wall paintings from the ancient Roman town of Herculaneum, during a period when neoclassical style was fashionable. Angelica Kauffmann was among the most important painters of the 1800s, achieving success for portraits and history subjects—a category dominated by men. Highly educated, Kauffmann was also an accomplished musician who had struggled to choose between a career in fine art or music.
