ron, and placed her under the care of the Duchess of
Carrara. She was now daily associated with people of culture and elegance,
and thus early in her life acquired the modest dignity and
self-possession which enabled her in her future life to accept becomingly
the honors and attentions which were paid her.

Her mother's death occurred at Milan, and her father returned to
Schwarzenburg. The people about her were so coarse and disagreeable to
Angelica that she passed much of her time in the grand forests. At this
time she painted frescoes of the Twelve Apostles, copied from the
engravings after Piazetta. Her father was not content to remain away from
Italy, and they went again to Milan, then to Florence, and at last to
Rome. She was now eighteen years old, and found much profit in the
friendship of the great scholar Winckelmann, who allowed her to paint his
portrait. Angelica visited Naples and Bologna also, and finally Venice,
where she met Lady Wentworth, who became her friend, and afterward took
her to England.

She had a most brilliant career in London, where her friends were in the
highest rank of society. De Rossi described her appearance at this time,
and said that she was not very tall, but had a slight, elegant figure. Her
complexion was dark and clear, her mouth well formed, her teeth white and
even, and all her features good. He speaks of her azure eyes, so placid
and bright that their expression had a charm which could not be described.
No one felt like criticising her. Other artists paid her many honors, and
she was made a member of the Academy of Arts. It has been said that
Fuseli, the learned art critic, and Sir Joshua Reynolds, the great artist,
both asked her hand in marriage. Some members of the royal family became
her friends, and she was at the height of honorable success and of
happiness.

It is painful to turn from this bright picture of her life to all the
sorrow and darkness which followed it. She made an unhappy marriage, her
husband proving to be an adventurer who had assumed a distinguished name.
For a time she was crushed by this sorrow; but her friends remained true
to her, and she found relief in absolute devotion to her art. For twelve
years she supported herself and her father; then his health failed, and it
was thought best for him to go to Italy. Angelica was now forty years old,
and before leaving England she married Antonio Zucchi, an artist who had
long been her friend. He devoted hi