Diana Glauber

Diana Glauber (1650, Utrecht – ca.1721, Hamburg), was a Dutch Golden Age painter.

Biography

According to Houbraken she was the daughter of the Amsterdam chemist Johann Rudolph Glauber, and the sister of the painters Jan Gotlief and Johannes Glauber.^[1] She was good with portraits and historical allegories, but lost her sight and stopped painting.^[1] She was still living in Hamburg while Houbraken was writing.^[1]

According to the RKD no works are known,^[2] but 6 works are described in a period inventory of the Schloss Salzdahlum, of which five form a series of the five senses.

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} (Dutch) Diana Glauber Biography in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
2. ^ Diana Glauber in the RKD

• Diana Glauber on Historici.nl

Persondata
Name	Glauber, Diana
Alternative names
Short description	Dutch Golden Age painter
Date of birth	1650
Place of birth	Utrecht
Date of death	1721
Place of death	Hamburg