Anna Maria Hilfeling

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

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

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

1. "Hilfeling, Anna Maria". Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon. Retrieved April 1, 2020.
2. "Anna Maria Hilfeling". Anteckningar om svenska qvinnor. 1864. Retrieved April 1, 2020.
3. "Niclas Lafrensen". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon. Retrieved April 1, 2020.
4. "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.

Other sources

• Anteckningar om svenska qvinnor
• "Svenskt Konstnärslexikon", Allhems Förlag, Malmö.