Fredrika Eleonora von Düben
Fredrika Eleonora von Düben | |
|---|---|
| Born | 17 December 1738 |
| Died | 1 March 1808 (aged 69) |
| Noble family | Düben family |
| Spouse(s) | Nils Adam Bielke |
| Father | Joachim von Düben the Younger |
| Mother | Catharina Eleonora Temminck |
| Occupation | Painter |
Fredrika Eleonora von Düben (December 17, 1738 – March 1, 1808) was a Swedish dilettante painter and embroidery artist.[1]
Early life
[edit]Fredrika Eleonora was born to Joachim von Düben the Younger and Catharina Eleonora Temminck, daughter of Hendrik Temminck, who was a colonial governor of Suriname from 1722 to 1727. Her father was a nephew of royal favourite Emerentia von Düben (1669–1743) and served as the cabinet secretary of Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden.[2][3]
Career
[edit]She was maid of honour to Queen Louisa Ulrika of Prussia from 1757 to 1759 and Chief Court mistress of the Swedish queen dowager in 1771–1782.[4]
She was an honorary member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts (1783) after having participated in the art exhibition with an embroidered landscape in white silk.
Personal life
[edit]In 1759, she married Count Nils Adam Bielke (1724–1792), who was previously married to her relative Ulrika Eleonora von Düben (1722–1758).
References
[edit]- ^ "Düben, Fredrika Eleonora von". Anteckningar om svenska qvinnor. 1864. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
- ^ O. Jägerskiöld. "Joachim d.y. Düben, von". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
- ^ "Düben, Emerentia von". Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
- ^ "Bielke, Nils Adam". Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
Other Sources
[edit]- Fredrika Eleonora von Düben & Wilhelmina Stålberg (1864) Anteckningar om svenska qvinnor (Stockholm: P. G. Berg)
- Lindberg, Anna Lena (1998) Through the Needle's Eye: Embroidered Pictures on the Threshold of Modernity Eighteenth-Century Studies (Johns Hopkins University Press)
- Elgenstierna, Gustaf (1925–36) Den introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor (Stockholm: Norstedts förlag)
- Dahlberg och Hagström (1953) Svenskt konstlexikon (Malmö; Allhems Förlag)
- Ribbing, Gerd (1958) Gustav III:s hustru. Sofia Magdalena (Stockholm: Alb. Bonniers Boktryckeri)
- Norrhem, Svante (2007) Kvinnor vid maktens sida, 1632-1772 (Nordic Academic Press) ISBN 9789189116917
- Von Düben nr 139
- 1738 births
- 1808 deaths
- Swedish ladies-in-waiting
- 18th-century Swedish painters
- Swedish countesses
- 18th-century Swedish women artists
- Age of Liberty people
- 19th-century Swedish textile artists
- 19th-century Swedish women textile artists
- 18th-century women textile artists
- 18th-century Swedish textile artists
- Düben family
- Swedish embroiderers
- 18th-century women painters