Christina Maria Elliger (23 September 1731 – 6 March 1802) was an 18th-century artist from the Northern

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Biography

Christina Maria Elliger was born in Amsterdam as the daughter of

Anthony Elliger Anthony Elliger (1701-1781) was an 18th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands. Elliger was born in Amsterdam as the son of Ottomar Elliger II.Anthony Elliger in the RKD He was the brother of Ottmar Elliger III. He married Christina Houbra ...

and

Christina Houbraken Christina Houbraken (1695–1760s) was an 18th-century artist from the Northern Netherlands. Biography She was born in Dordrecht as the fourth of ten children of Arnold Houbraken.Arnold Houbraken Arnold Houbraken (28 March 1660 – 14 October 1719) was a Dutch painter and writer from Dordrecht, now remembered mainly as a biographer of Dutch Golden Age painters. Life Houbraken was sent first to learn ''threadtwisting'' (Twyndraat) fr ...

.Christina Maria Elliger
in the

RKD The Netherlands Institute for Art History or RKD (Dutch: RKD-Nederlands Instituut voor Kunstgeschiedenis), previously Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie (RKD), is located in The Hague and is home to the largest art history center i ...

At age 17 she was included by

Johan van Gool Johan, or Jan van Gool (1685–1763), was a Dutch painter and writer from The Hague, now remembered mainly as a biographer of artists from the Dutch Golden Age. Life Jan van Gool was a pupil of Simon van der Does and Mattheus Terwesten.

in his book of painter biographies, who claimed she made good portrait likenesses with pastel crayons.Christina Maria Elliger
in Johan van Gools "Nieuwe Schouburg", page 304 She married G Swam, and is sometimes known as Christina Maria Swam-Elliger. She died in

Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the Capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population ...

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1731 births 1802 deaths Dutch painters Painters from Amsterdam Dutch women painters {{Netherlands-artist-stub