Christina Maria Elliger Explained

Christina Maria Elliger
Birth Date:23 September 1731
Birth Place:Amsterdam, Netherlands
Death Place:Amsterdam, Netherlands
Spouse:G Swam

Christina Maria Elliger (23 September 1731  - 6 March 1802) was an 18th-century artist from the Dutch Republic.[1]

Biography

Christina Maria Elliger was born in Amsterdam as the daughter of Anthony Elliger and Christina Houbraken, a daughter of Arnold Houbraken.[2] [3] At age 17 she was included by Johan van Gool in his book of painter biographies, who claimed she made good portrait likenesses with pastel crayons.[4] She married G Swam, and is sometimes known as Christina Maria Swam-Elliger.[2] She died in Amsterdam.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Christina Maria Elliger. RKD. 16 October 2017.
  2. https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/366663 Christina Maria Elliger
  3. http://www.historici.nl/Onderzoek/Projecten/DVN/lemmata/data/ChristinaHoubraken Christina Houbraken
  4. https://books.google.com/books?id=1cY9AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA303 Christina Maria Elliger