Anna Maria Hilfeling

Swedish artist (1713–1783)

Anna Maria Hilfening
Born	Anna Maria Lange (1713-04-21)21 April 1713 Stockholm, Sweden
Died	26 May 1783(1783-05-26) (aged 70) Bohuslän, Sweden
Nationality	Swedish
Known for	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]

References

^ "Hilfeling, Anna Maria". Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon. Retrieved April 1, 2020.
^ "Anna Maria Hilfeling". Anteckningar om svenska qvinnor. 1864. Retrieved April 1, 2020.
^ "Niclas Lafrensen". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon. Retrieved April 1, 2020.
^ "Hilfeling, Carl Gustaf Gottfried". Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Oxford University Press. 2011. doi:10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00087643. ISBN 978-0-19-977378-7. Retrieved April 1, 2020.