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Juno and the Peacock

A work made of etching on paper.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of etching on paper.

Date:

1770

Artist:

Angelica Kauffmann
Swiss, 1741-1807

About this artwork

Greatly admired for her portraits, Kauffmann also made etchings that occasionally, as here, reflect her mythological bent. This impression represents an early state of the etching, before the addition of the aquatint and the published state of 1780.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Angelica Kauffmann

Title

Juno and the Peacock

Place

Switzerland (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1770

Medium

Etching on paper

Dimensions

21 × 16.3 cm (8 5/16 × 6 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Woods Endowment

Reference Number

1990.458

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