Portrait of Winckelmann

Portrait of Winckelmann is a 1764 painting by the Swiss artist Angelica Kauffmann. It was produced in Rome and shows the notable archaeologist and art historian Johann Joachim Winckelmann reading from a book, which is resting on a bas-relief showing the Three Graces. It is signed at the lower right by the artist and is now in the Kunsthaus Zürich.

Portrait of Winckelmann (1764) by Angelica Kauffmann

Bibliography edit

  • (in German) Bettina Baumgärtel, Angelika Kauffmann, Ostfildern, Hatje, 1998, ISBN 3-7757-0756-5
  • (in German) Tobias G. Natter, Angelica Kauffmann, Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern, 2007, ISBN 978-3-7757-1984-1