Maria Machteld van Sypesteyn (1724–1774) was a painter from the

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Family

Maria Machteld van Sypesteyn was born in

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as the daughter of the mayor Cornelis Ascanius van Sypesteyn (1694–1744), ''baljuw van Brederode'', and Maria de Lange (1696–1744).Sypesteyn, Maria Machteld van (1724–1774) in

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Life

Maria became a pupil of the Haarlem miniature painter

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, who she probably met through her father, who was a regent of the Proveniershuis where Henrëtte lived. She is known for miniatures on ivory in the manner of her teacher. Maria married the wealthy mr. Pieter van Schuylenburch, Moermond (1714–1764) on 9 July 1743 in The Hague and the couple lived in Haarlem, where her husband became mayor in the 1760s. He died relatively young in 1764 and was buried in the family grave in the

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. In 1767 Maria remarried to another member of the Haarlem regency, mr. David van Lennep, who contracted Jurriaan Andriessen to paint new wall decorations in his Huis te Manpad for her. Sypesteyn died in Heemstede and was buried in the St. Bavochurch. Most of her works are still in the family collection.

Gallery

File:Willem IV (1711-51), prins van Oranje-Nassau Rijksmuseum SK-A-4368.jpeg, Portrait of Prince Willem IV File:Interieur eetzaal met schilderingen door Jurriaan Andriessen - Heemstede - 20351949 - RCE.jpg, The new dining room walls painted for her by Andriessen

References

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