Angelica Kauffman (1741-1807), Portrait of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, c.1793-1806, Standstead Park.

Sir Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797), An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump, 1768, National Gallery, London.

Angelica Kauffman (1741-1807), Venus Convinces Helen to Hear Paris, 1790, Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia.

Vladimir Borovikovsky (1757-1825), Portrait of Elena Alexandrovna Naryshkina, 1799.

Louise-Elisabeth Vigée Lebrun (1755-1842), Self-Portrait in a Straw Hat, c.1782, National Gallery, London.

Marie Gabrielle Capet (1761-1818), Autoportrait, 1783, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo.

Jean Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806), The Bolt, 1777, Musée du Louvre.

“As a pendant to The Adoration of the Shepherds, “by a bizarre contrast” Fragonard painted a picture “free and full of passion” (Lenoir, 1816), showing profane as opposed to sacred love. Its porcelain-like light effects illustrate the evolution of his work after he returned from his second trip to Italy in 1774.”

Angelica Kauffman (1741-1807), Self-Portrait, c.1770-75, National Portrait Gallery, London.

Antonio Canova (1757-1822), Psyche Revived by Cupid’s Kiss, 1777, Musée du Louvre.

Francois Gérard (1770-1837), Psyche et l’Amour, 1798, Musée du Louvre, Paris.