Adriana Spilberg
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Adriana Spilberg was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
taught her to paint in oils, crayon and pastels and she became quite famous in Amsterdam. Spilberg kept her in Amsterdam while he was working for Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine
. When his patron married Archduchess Maria Anna Josepha of Austria
, she asked Spilberg to bring his family, including his famous daughter, to court, which he did, and Adriana became court painter for the archduchess in 1681 in Dusseldorf. Adriana married the painter Wilhelm Breekvelt there and had three sons by him, but he died in 1684. In 1689 her patroness died and Johann Wilhelm remarried Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici
. In 1690 her father died, and he was replaced as court painter by Eglon van der Neer
, who she married after 11 years of widowhood in 1697.
According to the RKD she was the pupil and dochter van Johannes Spilberg, wife of Willem Breekvelt after 1687, and after 1697 the wife of Eglon van der Neer.
Biography
According to Houbraken her father Johannes SpilbergJohannes Spilberg
Johannes Spilberg was a German Baroque painter, active in Amsterdam during the period known as the Dutch Golden Age.-Life:...
taught her to paint in oils, crayon and pastels and she became quite famous in Amsterdam. Spilberg kept her in Amsterdam while he was working for Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine
Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine
Johann Wilhelm II, Elector Palatine was Elector Palatine , Duke Palatine of Neuburg/Danube , Duke of Jülich and Berg , and Duke of Upper Palatinate and Cham...
. When his patron married Archduchess Maria Anna Josepha of Austria
Archduchess Maria Anna Josepha of Austria
Maria Anna Josepha of Austria was the youngest surviving daughter of Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor and his third wife Eleonora Gonzaga.-Biography:Maria Anna Josepha's mother Eleonora was the third wife of Ferdinand...
, she asked Spilberg to bring his family, including his famous daughter, to court, which he did, and Adriana became court painter for the archduchess in 1681 in Dusseldorf. Adriana married the painter Wilhelm Breekvelt there and had three sons by him, but he died in 1684. In 1689 her patroness died and Johann Wilhelm remarried Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici
Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici
Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici was the last scion of the House of Medici. A patron of the arts, she bequeathed the Medici's large art collection, including the contents of the Uffizi, Palazzo Pitti and the Medicean villas, which she inherited upon her brother Gian Gastone's death in 1737, and her...
. In 1690 her father died, and he was replaced as court painter by Eglon van der Neer
Eglon van der Neer
Eglon van der Neer , was a Dutch painter of historical scenes, portraits and elegant, fashionable people, and later of landscapes.-Life:...
, who she married after 11 years of widowhood in 1697.
According to the RKD she was the pupil and dochter van Johannes Spilberg, wife of Willem Breekvelt after 1687, and after 1697 the wife of Eglon van der Neer.