Catharina Sperling-Heckel

Catharina Sperling-Heckel (10 April 1699 - 28 May 1741) was a German miniature painter, etcher and engraver.

Catharina Sperling-Heckel
Catharina Heckel
Born(1699-04-10)April 10, 1699
Augsburg, Holy Roman Empire[1]
DiedMay 28, 1741(1741-05-28) (aged 42)
Augsburg, Holy Roman Empire[1]
NationalityGerman
Known forEngraving
Miniature painting
SpouseHieronymus Sperling 1725-[1]

Life and work

Catharina Heckel was born in April 1699 in Augsburg.[1] Her father was Michael Heckel. He was a goldsmith and taught Heckel how to paint and draw. She was taught engraving by Johann Ulrich Kraus.[2] She married Hieronymus Sperling in 1725.[1][2][3] In 1728, she painted a miniature portrait of Charles Edward Stuart. She died from complications from childbirth, within weeks of the birth of her first child, in May 1741.[2]

Notable collections
  • Moses' arms grow heavy as he prays for the victory of the Israelites over the Amalecites; an outstretched arm is anatomically depicted, c. 1735, Wellcome Collection[4]
  • Moses' arms grow heavy as he prays for the victory of the Israelites over the Amalecites; an outstretched arm is anatomically depicted, c. 1735
    Moses' arms grow heavy as he prays for the victory of the Israelites over the Amalecites; an outstretched arm is anatomically depicted, c. 1735

References
  1. "CERL Thesaurus". CERL. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  2. "A set of four lovely watercolours, each showing a young German lady in a fancy gown". Forum Rare Books. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  3. Michael Bryan (1904). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers. Macmillan. p. 26.
  4. "Moses' arms grow heavy as he prays for the victory of the Israelites over the Amalecites; an outstretched arm is anatomically depicted. Etching by C. Sperling-Heckel, c. 1735". Wellcome Collection. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
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