Christina Elisabeth Carowsky (March 5, 1745 – 1797) was a Swedish painter.[1]
Biography
editCarowsky was born in Gothenburg into a family of artists. Her mother was Maria Carowsky and Michael Carowsky, and her grandfather was Johan Ross the Elder. Carowsky became a well known portrait painter in Gothenburg. She married in 1787 to Engelbert Jörlin, the principal at Gothenburg elementary school. [2] [3] [4]
References
edit- ^ "Christina Elisabeth Carowsky". Lexikonett amanda. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
- ^ "Michael Carowsky". Det Gamla Göteborg. 23 March 2017. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
- ^ "Maria Carowsky". Lexikonett amanda. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
- ^ "Maria Carowsky". Det Gamla Göteborg. 23 March 2017. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
Other Sources
edit- Collections at Gothenburg history [III]: Christine Church books for marriages, births and deaths, Wilhelm Berg, Stockholm 1890–1893, p 694
- Svenskt konstnärslexikon (Swedish Art dictionary) Allhems Förlag, Malmö (1952) (in Swedish)
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