# Self-Portrait

[View the canonical artwork record](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/kauffmann-angelica-rc9facf974b38ec/self-portrait-r4330f8669fb0af>)

## Artwork

- Artist: [KAUFFMANN, Angelica](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/kauffmann-angelica-rc9facf974b38ec>)
- Date: 1751-1800
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 128 x 94 cm

## Commentary

The plush purple drapery behind her may refer to the high-born Europeans and Russians who commissioned portraits by Kauffmann and acquired her history paintings. It surely represents the refined colours for which she was famous.

## Related artworks

- [Ariadne Abandoned by Theseus on Naxos](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/kauffmann-angelica-rc9facf974b38ec/ariadne-abandoned-by-theseus-on-naxos-re0b4ee7d044ffa>)
- [Bacchus and Ariadne](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/kauffmann-angelica-rc9facf974b38ec/bacchus-and-ariadne-r4e96d5627c2440>)
- [Diana and Her Nymphs Bathing](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/kauffmann-angelica-rc9facf974b38ec/diana-and-her-nymphs-bathing-r25033d98bdcbce>)
- [Portrait of a Woman as a Vestal Virgin](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/kauffmann-angelica-rc9facf974b38ec/portrait-of-a-woman-as-a-vestal-virgin-r386216db5f88b5>)
- [Portrait of a Woman Dressed as Vestal Virgin](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/kauffmann-angelica-rc9facf974b38ec/portrait-of-a-woman-dressed-as-vestal-virgin-r908781abea68f1>)
- [Portrait of a Woman](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/kauffmann-angelica-rc9facf974b38ec/portrait-of-a-woman-r87f0c9056c67e9>)
- [Portrait of a Young Woman](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/kauffmann-angelica-rc9facf974b38ec/portrait-of-a-young-woman-re15c20c80adc97>)
- [Portrait of Charles Brudenell-Bruce](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/kauffmann-angelica-rc9facf974b38ec/portrait-of-charles-brudenell-bruce-r59880b4659883e>)
- [Portrait of General James Masterson](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/kauffmann-angelica-rc9facf974b38ec/portrait-of-general-james-masterson-r8716ec33d07c0f>)
- [Portrait of Henrietta Maria Hill](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/kauffmann-angelica-rc9facf974b38ec/portrait-of-henrietta-maria-hill-rf4673cf11c4cd6>)
- [Portrait of John Apthorp and His Daughters](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/kauffmann-angelica-rc9facf974b38ec/portrait-of-john-apthorp-and-his-daughters-r10e02241c2be13>)
- [Portrait of Prince Stanislaus Poniatowski](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/kauffmann-angelica-rc9facf974b38ec/portrait-of-prince-stanislaus-poniatowski-r8d794ba6b4d14c>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)