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Two paintings by Angelica Kauffmann for the Detroit Institute of Art
18/10/23 - Acquisition - Detroit Institute of Art - This acquisition had escaped us: in 2022 the Detroit Institute of Art chose to purchase, from a private collector, a double family portrait painted by Angelica Kauffamnn, of which it had no work until then. It is a perfectly balanced diptych: on one side, Joseph May is represented with his three sons, and on the other, Mary May poses with her three daughters.
- 1. Angelica Kauffmann (1741-1807)
Mrs Mary May and her Daughters, Maria Emilia, Louisa and Sophia Margaret, 1780
Oil on canvas - 144.4 × 176.5 cm
Detroit Institute of Art
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