Adam's HOMAN POTTERTON A LIFETIME OF COLLECTING 7th September 2021

70 69 ATTRIBUTED TO ANGELICA KAUFFMAN (1741-1807) Fame Decorating Shakespeare’s Tomb Oil on canvas, 75 x 62cm, (29.5 x 24.4”) in painted oval € 8,000 - 12,000 The present painting attributed to the Swiss neo-classical painter Angelica Kauffman depicts Fame as a woman decorating the tomb of the great playwright and poet Wil- liam Shakespeare. Kauffman achieved remarkable success for a woman painter of the period and under the patronage of Joshua Reynolds she became one of the leading artists in England, renowned for her allegorical subjects as well as her society portraits. She worked in London from the 1760s to 1781 and notably was among the founding members of the Royal Academy in London in 1768. Kauffman visited Ireland briefly during 1771, where she received numerous commissions, including from the Earl of Ely at Rathfarnham Castle, for whom she painted a large family portrait. Her 1772 painting of Fame was made into an engraving a decade later by printmaker Francesco Bartolozzi and versions appeared in many diverse mediums including most commonly embroideries. A smaller version of this work, onmetal panel is in the Burghley House collection.