A Woman in Neapolitan Dress
Angelica Kauffman RA (Chur 1741 – Rome 1807)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1762 - circa 1764
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1676 x 1270 mm (66 x 50 in)
Place of origin
Naples
Order this imageCollection
Saltram, Devon
NT 872176
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, A Woman in Neapolitan Dress by Angelica Kauffman RA (Chur 1741 – Rome 1807), circa 1762/64. A full-length view of a woman, possibly Frances Hort, Mrs John Parker (d.1764), seated to the right under a tree, wearing a blue dress and red coat with a gold cloak. In the distance, at right, a mountain resembling Vesuvius can be seen.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust as part of the endowment by Montagu Brownlow Parker, 5th Earl of Morley (1878-1962)
Credit line
Saltram, The Morley Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
Angelica Kauffman RA (Chur 1741 – Rome 1807), artist