Theresia Anna Maria von Brühl

Theresia Anna Maria von Brühl, Gräfin von Thun und Hohenstein (1784–1844) was a German noblewoman and pastellist.

Early life

Born in Pförten, today the village of Brody, Żary County, von Brühl was the daughter of Aloys Friedrich Joseph Graf von Brühl (1739-1793) and his wife Josepha Christina Amalie von Schaffgotsch genannt Semperfrei von und zu Kynast und Greiffenstein (1764-1846), and therefore a niece of the patroness Tina von Brühl.

Biography

It seems unlikely that she was working before 1800; the earliest to which any of her pieces can be ascribed is 1803. One of her pastels is a Vestal copied after a work by Angelica Kauffman that is today in the Gemäldegalerie, Dresden; another, a Sybil, bears some resemblance to a painting by Anton Rafael Mengs.[1]

Marriage

In 1808 she married Franz Anton, Count von Thun und Hohenstein (1786–1873), the son of Count Wenzel Joseph von Thun und Hohenstein (1737-1796) and his wife, Countess Maria Anna von Kolowrat-Liebsteinsky (1750-1828). They had three sons and two daughters.[2]

References
  1. Profile in the Dictionary of Pastellists Before 1800.
  2. "Terezie, Gräfin von Brühl : Genealogics".


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