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S�26-1a The Enlightenment fascination with classical antiquity gave rise to the art movement called Neoclassicism. In this painting, Kauffman chose a classical sub- ject and clothed her figures in Roman garb.

S�26-1b Kauffman’s heroine is Cornelia, mother of Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus, political reformers during the Roman Republic. The portraits of the mother and her sons are based on ancient statuary.

S�26-1c The painting is an Enlightenment exemplum virtutis (“example of virtue”). When a visitor shows Cor- nelia her jewelry and asks to see Cornelia’s, the mother of the Gracchi presents her children as her jewels.

26-1 ANGELICA KAUFFMAN, Cornelia Presenting Her Children as Her Treasures, or Mother of the Gracchi, ca. 1785. Oil on canvas, 39 40 ! 49 20. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond (Adolph D. and Wilkins C. Williams Fund).

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