1771
oil
canvas
From the collection of Art Institute of Chicago
Mrs. Hugh Morgan and Her Daughter is a 1771 oil by Angelica Kauffmann, a Rococo painting work, held at Art Institute of Chicago.
This painting shows a mother and daughter sitting together. The mother is holding a book, and the daughter is looking up at her. The artist paid attention to the details of their clothes and the room they're in, which gives us a glimpse into their daily life. To learn more about the artist's style, look up the technique of glazing.
Probably Mrs. Hugh Morgan, Cottles Town and Cork Abbey, Ireland [according to hand-written label on stretcher]; probably by descent to her daughter Catharine, Mrs. Robert Stearne Tighe, Mitchells Town, Ireland; possibly Tighe family, Ashgrove, Ellesmere, Shropshire, to around 1924 [see Lady Victoria Manners and G. C. Williamson, Angelica Kauffman, R.A.: Her Life and Her Works (New York, 1924), p. 29]. Mrs. Leigh E. Block, Chicago; given to the Art Institute, 1960.
Allentown, PA, Art Museum, The World of Benjamin West, 1962, cat. 56. Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, Ireland: Crossroads of Art and Design, 1690-1840, March 17 - June 7, 2015.
Malcolm Warner in Susan Wise and Malcolm Warner, French and British Paintings from 1600 to 1800 in The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, 1996), pp. 251–53 (ill.). William Laffan and Christopher Monkhouse, Ireland: Crossroads of Art and Design, exh. cat. (Art Institute of Chicago, Yale University Press, 2015) pp. 230.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Maria Anna Angelika Kauffmann, usually known in English as Angelica Kauffman, was a Swiss painter who had a successful career in London and Rome.
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