Angelica Kauffman was a very talented musician that she was forced to choose between music (opera) and art.In 1762 Kauffman became a member of the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze.And to those who dared to work with the historic painting risked their reputation, Kauffman was one of a few who did it successfully. To most women were very difficult to have access to this type of training, but to all of them the access to the drawing classes with nude models were denied. History painting was considered in academic art theory as the most elevated category, its subject matter was the representation of human actions inspired on themes from history, mythology, literature and scripture, what required an extensive learning in biblical and classical literature, knowledge of art theory and in practical training in the study of anatomy of the male nude. Unlike the women artists of her time, Kauffman identified herself as a history painter, what was an unusual designation for a woman artist in the 18 th century, because it was almost a forbidden gender for a woman to paint. The next year she contributed to the first catalogue of the Royal Academy (1769) with the Interview of Hector and Andromache and other three classical compositions. In 1768 she was a founding member of the Royal Academy in London, sharing this honour with Mary Moser, both being the only women artists of the Academy. The St Oswald Collection, Nostell Priory. Self-portait hesitating between the arts of music and painting (1794) –
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