《安杰莉卡•考夫曼》描述了考夫曼神话，这个神话甚至在她在世时就已经出现。约100幅她***的油画和素描作品展示了她非凡的生活和工作，其中包括许多新发现。这本概述着重介绍了考夫曼（Kauffmann）在英国的影响力，特别是她作为皇家艺术学院的**位女性成员，以及她作为历史绘画的先驱，时尚肖像画家和男性气概的新理想的拥护者的作品。

Angelika Kauffmann (1741–1807) is regarded as the first woman artist of European standing. Well educated and very well connected, she enjoyed an international reputation. She pursued a brilliant career and was one of the outstanding artist personalities of the Classical Age in Londonand Rome. She was admired by Goethe and Herder and her clients included queens and emperors from across the continent.

Angelika Kauffmann describes the Kauffmann myth, which arose evenduring her lifetime. Her remarkable life and work are presented in some100 of her best paintings and drawings, including many new discoveries. This overview volume focuses on Kauffmann’s impact in England, especially as the first female member of the Royal Academy of Arts, as well as her work as a pioneering history painter, fashionable portraitist and champion of a new ideal of masculinity.