Maria Elektrine
Freifrau
(; male, abbreviated as ), (; his wife, abbreviated as , literally "free lord" or "free lady") and (, his unmarried daughters and maiden aunts) are designations used as titles of nobility in the German-speaking areas of the Holy Roman Empire ...
von Freyberg, born at
Strasbourg in 1797, was the daughter and pupil of
Johann Baptist Stuntz, a painter of landscapes, under whose tuition she gave proof of great ability. She visited France and Italy, and stayed at Rome some time. Her paintings of historical scenes are distinguished for a tender touch, and she was not less successful in portraiture and landscape painting. One of her best works is a ''Holy Family.'' ''The Birth of St. John,'' and two landscapes, in the album of
King Louis of Bavaria, are by this artist; in the
Leuchtenberg Gallery ''The Virgin and Child,'' and ''The Three Maries at the Tomb''; and in the
Munich Gallery a ''Holy Family'', ''The Naming of St. John the Baptist,'' and ''A Boy playing the flute.'' She died at
Munich
Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...
in 1847.
See also
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List of German painters
This is a list of German painters.
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* Hans von Aachen (1552–1615)
* Aatifi (born 1965)
* Karl Abt (1899–1985)
* Tomma Abts (born 1967)
* Andreas Achenbach (1815–1910)
* Oswald Achenbach (1827 ...
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1797 births
1847 deaths
19th-century German painters
German women painters
Artists from Strasbourg
19th-century German women artists
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