Genre portrait, 18th century, in the style of Maria Anna Angelica Catharina Kauffmann, 1741 Switzerland - 1807 Rome, oil on canvas, mounted on stretcher, canvas relined, mythological scene by a river, monogrammed "A.K. (fec.)" lower right, Kauffmann was a well-known Swiss-Austrian painter of the sensitive classicism, partially restored, horizontal format, 30 cm x 40 cm, in a golden frame with decorative molding

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