Anna Waser

Anna Waser (16 October 1678 – 1714) was a Swiss painter.

"Wasser" featured with engraved portrait in part IV of the 4 part series by Jean-Baptiste Descamps, "La vie des peintres flamands, allemands et hollandois", 1764

According to Jean-Baptiste Descamps she was born in Zurich in 1679 and became a pupil of Joseph Werner. According to the RKD she was born a year earlier and was an engraver and miniature painter.[1]

In 1998 Anna Waser's work was honoured by the Gesellschaft zu Fraumünster.[2][3]

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References

  1. ↑ Anna Waser in the RKD
  2. ↑ "Frauenehrungen" (in German). Gesellschaft zu Fraumünster. Retrieved 2014-11-30.
  3. ↑ "Frauenehrungen der Gesellschaft zu Fraumünster" (PDF) (in German). Gesellschaft zu Fraumünster. 2014. Retrieved 2014-11-30.