Maria Elektrine Freifrau von Freyberg, born at

Strasbourg Strasbourg (, , ; german: Straßburg ; gsw, label=Bas Rhin Alsatian, Strossburi , gsw, label=Haut Rhin Alsatian, Strossburig ) is the prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est region of eastern France and the official seat of the Eu ...

in 1797, was the daughter and pupil of

Johann Baptist Stuntz Johann Baptist Stuntz (1753, in Arlesheim – 1836, in Munich) was a Swiss-German landscape painter and lithographer. He lived as an artist in Biel, during which time, he painted landscapes in gouache – his paintings of St. Peter's Islan ...

, a painter of landscapes, under whose tuition she gave proof of great ability. She visited France and Italy, and stayed at Rome some time. Her paintings of historical scenes are distinguished for a tender touch, and she was not less successful in portraiture and landscape painting. One of her best works is a ''Holy Family.'' ''The Birth of St. John,'' and two landscapes, in the album of King Louis of Bavaria, are by this artist; in the

Leuchtenberg Gallery The Leuchtenberg Gallery was the collection of artworks of the Duke of Leuchtenberg, Dukes of Leuchtenberg, on public display in Munich. The collection was widely known in 19th-century Europe, due to being open to the public and having a high-qua ...

''The Virgin and Child,'' and ''The Three Maries at the Tomb''; and in the Munich Gallery a ''Holy Family'', ''The Naming of St. John the Baptist,'' and ''A Boy playing the flute.'' She died at Munich in 1847.

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* 1797 births 1847 deaths 19th-century German painters German women painters Artists from Strasbourg 19th-century German women artists {{Germany-painter-stub

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