Marie Ellenrieder

Self portrait as a painter, 1819

Anna Marie Ellenrieder (March 20, 1791 – June 5, 1863, Konstanz) was a German painter.

She was born in Konstanz, Germany, the daughter of Konrad and Anna Maria Herrmann, and the granddaughter of Franz Ludwig Herrmann.

She studied under the miniature painter Joseph Einsle. Her portraits, similar in style to the ones of Angelica Kauffmann, made her the first woman to enter the Academy of Fine Arts Munich.

She spent the time between 1822 and 1824 in Rome, where she became a disciple of Friedrich Johann Overbeck. After this journey, she started painting religious topics such as "Christ Blessing Little Children" and "Mary and the Infant Jesus." Her two paintings "Der 12 jährige Jesus im Tempel / The 12 year old Jesus in the Temple", 1849 (oil on canvas, 203,2 x 139,7 cm) and "Hl Felicitas und ihre sieben Söhne / Holy Felicitas and her Seven Sons", 1847 (oil on canvas, 127 x 177,8 cm) were acquired by Queen Victoria who had been introduced to her work by the Prince Consort, who in turn had encountered the artist on his travels to Rome. They are now part of the Royal Collection in Osborne House.

She died in her home town of Konstanz.

External links

• Collection of Works by Marie Ellenrieder

Examples

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  Christ Blessing Little Children

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  Mary and the Infant Jesus

This article incorporates text from the public domain 1907 edition of The Nuttall Encyclopædia.

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Name	Ellenrieder, Marie
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Date of birth	March 20, 1791
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Date of death	June 5, 1863
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