Anna Maria Hilfeling Explained

Anna Maria Hilfening
Birth Name:Anna Maria Lange
Birth Date:21 April 1713
Birth Place:Stockholm, Sweden
Death Place:Bohuslän, Sweden
Nationality:Swedish
Field:Painting
Movement:Rococo

Anna Maria Hilfeling, née Lange (21 April 1713  - 26 May 1783) was a Swedish artist and portrait miniaturist.[1]

Biography

Hilfeling 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 (1698-1756). 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.[2] [3]

Hilfeling married the city surgeon Johan Gottfried Hilfeling in 1739. Their son, Carl Gustav Gottfried Hilfeling (1740-1823) also became an artist. Anna Maria Hilfeling died at Romelanda in Bohuslän.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hilfeling, Anna Maria . Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon. April 1, 2020.
  2. Web site: Anna Maria Hilfeling. Anteckningar om svenska qvinnor . 1864 . April 1, 2020.
  3. Web site: Niclas Lafrensen. Svenskt biografiskt lexikon . April 1, 2020.
  4. Book: https://www.oxfordartonline.com/benezit/view/10.1093/benz/9780199773787.001.0001/acref-9780199773787-e-00087643 . Hilfeling, Carl Gustaf Gottfried. Oxford University Press . 10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00087643 . 978-0-19-977378-7 . April 1, 2020. Benezit Dictionary of Artists . 2011 .