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Frederick de Horn (died 1780 or 1781) (real name Brandt) was the first husband of the painter Angelica Kauffman. According to contemporary sources, which may not be reliable, he was an imposter and bigamist who posed as a Swedish count.
5 de nov. de 2012 · At twenty-six in 1767 at St James’s Church, Piccadilly, she married a conman who called himself Count Frederick de Horn, claimed to be a rich Swedish nobleman and who already had one wife if not more.
1 de mar. de 2021 · The year before the inauguration of the Royal Academy, however, Angelica's life was marred by a terrible scandal: she was duped into marrying a man who presented himself as Frederick de Horn, a wealthy Swedish count. He was in fact a brute, a swindler and a penniless valet.
In 1767 Kauffman was seduced by an imposter going under the name Count Frederick de Horn, whom she married, but they were separated the following year. [unreliable source?] It was probably owing to Reynolds's good offices that she was among the signatories to the petition to the King for the establishment of the Royal Academy.
However, having come to London alone, her reputation was almost irrevocably tarred when she married Frederick de Horn in 1767. Rumoured to be impotent, de Horn was surely a bigamist, and it is thought the pseudo-Swedish Count had tricked Kauffman into marrying him so that he could stay in England.
Frederick de Horn (fallecido en 1780 o 1781) (nombre real Brandt) fue el primer marido de la pintora Angelica Kauffman. Según fuentes contemporáneas, que pueden no ser confiables, fue un impostor y bígamo que se hizo pasar por un conde sueco.
28 de nov. de 1998 · At the age of 26, Miss Angel secretly married one "Count Frederick de Horn," who was soon revealed as an impostor and fortune hunter. Less than three months later, the marriage was annulled....
