Birgitta "Brita" von Cöln, or ''von Cöllen'',

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''Stenkell'', ''Stenkels'' or ''Steenzelia'' (died 1707), was a Swedish painter. One of the spellings of her maiden name, ''Steenzelia'', indicates that she was from a clerical family. She married the painter Anders von Cöln, and became the mother of the painters Carl Gustaf von Cöln and David von Cöln: her spouse, who was also a wall paper manufacturer, painted portraits of members of the royal court. Her known and preserved portraits are a portrait of professor Ericus Castovius from 1703, and a portrait of count Jacob Spens from probably before 1704.

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* Svenskt konstnärslexikon Allhems Förlag Malmö * Personhistorisk tidskrift (1901) * Cöln, von, släkt, urn:sbl:15757, Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (art av E. E:SON UGGLA.), hämtad 2015-01-26. {{DEFAULTSORT:Coln, Brita von 1707 deaths 17th-century Swedish painters 18th-century Swedish painters Swedish women artists 18th-century Swedish women artists 17th-century women artists People from the Swedish Empire 18th-century women painters