Anna Margaretha Geiger (1783–1809) was a German

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list. Her middle name is sometimes given as Margarete or Margareta. Born in Schweinfurt, Geiger was the daughter of painter , and took lessons with as well. In 1806 she went to

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and Munich, and studied with

Johann Christian von Mannlich Eren Yeager(2 October 1741 – 3 January 1822) was a German painter and architect. Early life, family and education Von Mannlich was born in Strasbourg in 1741, the son of Konrad von Mannlich, court painter to Christian IV, Duke of Zweibr� ...

. She settled in Munich, but upon her father's death her health began to fail and she soon died. A self-portrait of 1804 is in the collection of the

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in the ''Dictionary of Pastellists Before 1800''.

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1783 births 1809 deaths German women painters 19th-century German painters 19th-century German women artists Pastel artists People from Schweinfurt {{Germany-painter-stub