# Portrait of a Young Woman [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [KAUFFMANN, Angelica]() - Date: 1751-1800 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 130 x 102 cm ## Commentary Even at the age of eleven, Angelica Kauffmann earned admiring praise for her portrait of Bishop Nevroni and although she would later concentrate on allegorical, antique, historical and religious themes in her paintings, the portrait was to remain the driving force behind her success throughout her life. She received so many commissions that her painting tended to become rather routine, taking on an increasing smoothness and superficial appeal at the expense of a more distinctive style. This Portrait of a Young Woman also has something routine about it, and is as pleasingly decorative as any interior decor that she might have created in her frequent collaboration with the English architect Robert Adam. Nevertheless, it does show a face as that of a highly sensitive personality. ## Related artworks - [Ariadne Abandoned by Theseus on Naxos]() - [Bacchus and Ariadne]() - [Diana and Her Nymphs Bathing]() - [Portrait of a Woman as a Vestal Virgin]() - [Portrait of a Woman Dressed as Vestal Virgin]() - [Portrait of a Woman]() - [Portrait of Charles Brudenell-Bruce]() - [Portrait of General James Masterson]() - [Portrait of Henrietta Maria Hill]() - [Portrait of John Apthorp and His Daughters]() - [Portrait of Prince Stanislaus Poniatowski]() - [Self-Portrait]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()