Angelica Kauffmann (1741-1807), Attr. A Pair Of Allegorical Paintings

Angelica Kauffmann (1741-1807), attr. A pair of allegorical paintings: "Flora completed the flowers of the painter Varelst" and "Venus rebukes Ganymede, who defeated Amor at craps" This pair of masterfully oil-in-gris circular paintings was created circa 1780-s. Both scenes date back to two poems by the English poet Matthew Prior (1664 Middlesex - 1721). The subject, the style and the composition of these paintings absolutely correspond to all the stylistic criteria of the works of the famous allegorical artist and Austro-Swiss Neo-Claassicist portrait painter Angelica Kauffmann (1741 - 1807). These paintings have been confirmed by experts from the renowned Austrian gallery Hassfurther in Vienna as authentic works of Angelica Kauffmann (a copy of the estimate will be attached to the paintings). We have found copperplate engravings after these paintings, published by the engraver Thomas Burke in 1784. It was further stated that Kauffmann created several similar circular gray paintings in 1780 (see additional photos from "Retrospective. Angelica Kauffmann", Catalog exhibition, Düsseldorf-Munich-Chur, 1998-1999, edition Gerd Hatje, 1999).
Literature: Exhibition Catalog "Retrospective. Angelica Kauffmann", Düsseldorf - Munich-Chur, 1998-1999, Edition Gerd Hatje, 1999.
Technique :: both oil on canvas, laminated on wood, period partially gilded wooden frames ( very similar frames from Kauffmann's works can be seen in several additional photos).
Dimensions: each diameter without frame 29 cm, framed 35.5 cm.
Inscription: not signed, on the reverse - old label with the inscription from the Viennese gallery made & auction house Hassf Plus loin.
Condition: in very good condition.