Self-Portrait Hesitating Between the Arts of Music and Painting

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Self-Portrait Hesitating Between the Arts of Music and Painting is an allegorical self-portrait by Angelica Kauffman in which she depicts herself torn between pursuing music or painting as her artistic vocation.

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instanceOf allegorical painting
painting
alsoKnownAs Self-Portrait Hesitating Between the Arts of Music and Painting by Angelica Kauffman NERFINISHED
artForm oil painting
artisticSchool British Neoclassicism NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Italy
Switzerland
creator Angelica Kauffman NERFINISHED
creatorGender female
creatorNationality Swiss
depicts Angelica Kauffman NERFINISHED
allegorical figure of Music
allegorical figure of Painting
female figure personifying the artist in the center
female figure representing Music on one side
female figure representing Painting on the other side
gesture of hesitation by the central figure
idealized classical setting
musical attributes
painter’s attributes
young Angelica Kauffman NERFINISHED
genre allegory
hasMotif allegorical personification
female figures in classical dress
symbolic attributes of the arts
hasSignificance important example of a woman artist’s self-fashioning in the 18th century
reflection on the artist’s early career choice
hasStyle idealized classicism
smooth, polished finish
hasTheme conflict between different arts
personal artistic choice
status of women artists
inception late 18th century
influencedBy Neoclassical aesthetics
classical antiquity
languageOfTitle English
mainSubject choice between music and painting
female artistic vocation
self-representation of the artist
movement Neoclassicism
partOf Angelica Kauffman’s self-portrait series

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Angelica Kauffman notableWork Self-Portrait Hesitating Between the Arts of Music and Painting