Anna Maria Thelott

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Anna Maria Thelott
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Anna Maria Thelott (1683–1710) was a

painter
. [1]

Biography

Anna Maria Thelott was born in Uppsala, Sweden. She was the daughter of engraver and watchmaker

Olof Rudbeck (1630-1702) to illustrate his four volumes work Atlantica (Atland eller Manheim) and Campus Elysii.[2]
[3]

She also accepted individual commissions early own to contribute to the support of the family. She performed commissions of illustrations by method of drawing,

chalcography for prayer books and, in collaboration with her brother Philip, India ink for the illustration of weapons. She made eleven woodcuts of German cities with texts for the paper Posttidningen in 1706. She was also frequently illustrated the work of Johan Peringskiöld (1654–1720). Her motif include animals, landscapes, allegory, maps and religious motives. She signed her work "Anna Marija ein geborene Thelotten".[4]

Watercolour by Thelott

After the great fire of Uppsala in 1702, the family moved to

University of Uppsala
.

References

  1. ^ Anna Lena Lindberg. "Anna Maria Thelott". Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
  2. ^ "Thelott, Philip Jacob". vobam.se. Archived from the original on December 22, 2007. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
  3. ^ Gunnar Eriksson. "Olof (Olaus) Rudbeck". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
  4. ^ Birgitta Fritz. "Johan Peringskiöld". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon. Retrieved January 1, 2019.

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