Magdalena Margareta Stenbock

Magdalena Margareta Stenbock (19 June 1744 – 18 July 1822), was a Swedish artist. She was an honorary member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts (1795).

She was the issue of count Gustaf Leonhard Stenbock and Fredrika Eleonora Horn af Ekebyholm and married in 1761 to general major baron Erik Julius Cederhielm. She served as lady-in-waiting to the queen of Sweden, Sophia Magdalena of Denmark. Hedwig Elizabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp describe her in her famous journal as energetic and firm.

References

Gustaf Elgenstierna, Den introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor. 1925–36. Eva-Lena Bengtsson, intendent: Konstakademiens ledamöter. Från 1700-talet till 2011 Carl Carlson Bonde (1902). Hedvig Elisabeth Charlottas dagbok I (1775–1782). Stockholm: Norstedt & Söners förlag. Libris 8207712

1744 births

1822 deaths

Swedish women painters

18th-century Swedish painters

Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts

19th-century Swedish painters

19th-century Swedish women artists

18th-century Swedish women artists

19th-century Swedish artists