Anna Maria Hilfeling


Anna Maria Hilfeling, née Lange was a Swedish artist and portrait miniaturist.

Biography

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 . 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.

Personal life

She married the city surgeon Johan Gottfried Hilfeling in 1739. Their son, Carl Gustav Gottfried Hilfeling also became an artist. Anna Maria Hilfeling died at Romelanda in Bohuslän.