Anna Maria Hilfeling, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Anna Maria Hilfeling

Swedish artist

Date of Birth: 21-Apr-1713

Date of Death: 26-May-1783

Profession: painter

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Anna Maria Hilfeling

  • Anna Maria Hilfeling, née Lange (21 April 1713 – 26 May 1783), was a Swedish artist and portrait miniaturist. She was born in Stockholm, the daughter of a book-keeper.
  • She displayed talent in drawing as a child, became a student of artist Burchardt Precht in 1722, at the age of nine, and was later a student of the artist Niclas Lafrenssen the Elder. She was admired by Carl Gustav Tessin, and by the royal house.
  • She painted in oil and made drawings, but was foremost a miniaturist.
  • Among her clients were the king and the queen, king Frederick I of Sweden and queen Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden. She married the city surgeon Hilfeling in 1739.
  • Her son, Carl Hilfeling, also became an artist. Anna Maria Hilfeling died at Romelanda, Bohuslän.

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