Maria Anna Angelika/Angelica Katharina Kauffmann was a Swiss painter. She was born at Chur in Graubünden, Switzerland, but grew up in Schwarzenberg in Vorarlberg/Austria. Her father, Johann Josef Kauffmann, was a poor man and mediocre painter, but apparently very successful in teaching his precocious daughter. She rapidly acquired several languages, read incessantly, and showed marked talents as a musician. Wikipedia
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Angelica Kauffmann was born as the daughter of the painter Joseph Kauffmann in Chur in 1741. Her father accepted during the following years several appointments in Switzerland and Upper Italy. Already at the age of six, Angelica helped him and attracted www.angelica-kauffmann.com/