Diana Glauber (11 January 1650,

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– c. 1721,

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), was a

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painter.

Biography

Born on 11 January 1650, Diana Glauber was a Dutch painter. According to Houbraken she was the daughter of the Amsterdam chemist

Johann Rudolph Glauber Johann Rudolf Glauber (10 March 1604 – 16 March 1670) was a German-Dutch alchemist and chemist. Some historians of science have described him as one of the first chemical engineers. His discovery of sodium sulfate in 1625 led to the com ...

, and the sister of the painters Jan Gotlief and

Johannes Glauber Johannes Glauber (1646, Utrecht (city) – c. 1726, Schoonhoven), was a Dutch Golden Age painter. Biography According to Houbraken he became a painter against the wishes of his father, the chemist Johann Rudolph Glauber (1604–1670), and b ...

.Diana Glauber Biography
in ''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' (1718) by

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 ...

, courtesy of the

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She was good with portraits and historical allegories, but lost her sight and stopped painting. She was still living in Hamburg while Houbraken was writing. According to the RKD no works are known,Diana Glauber
in the

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but 6 works are described in a period inventory of the

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, of which five form a series of the five senses. Her birthdate was given as 11 January 1650. She died c. 1721. Unknown 1650 as her birthdate.

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Glauber, Diana 1650 births 1721 deaths Dutch Golden Age painters Artists from Utrecht Dutch women painters 17th-century women artists