Ida Silfverberg

Finnish painter (1834–1899)

Ida Silfverberg

Self-portrait, 1868

Born| 23 January 1834

Helsinki

Died| 23 December 1899 (1899-12-24) (aged 65)

Florence

Nationality| Finnish
Occupation(s)| Artist, copyist

Ida Silfverberg (23 January 1834 – 23 December 1899) was a Finnish painter who painted in Germany, France and Italy.

## Life and career

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Silfverberg was born in Helsinki on 23 January 1834. By age 15, she began painting copies of paintings at the Finnish Art Association's exhibition in 1849.

She went on to paint copies of paintings by Dutch artists in the collection of the Gemaldegalerie Alte Meister in Dresden. In 1860, she won the second prize for the Finnish Ducat Competition for the promotion of young artists and in 1862, she won the first prize in the same competition.

Silfverberg died in Florence. She is known as a copyist and portraitist as well as for her genre scenes.[1]

## Legacy

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Silfverberg's Woman teaching a Child to Read was purchased by the Serliachus Museum as being by Pehr Hilleström. Her true signature was only recently discovered after the forged Hillstrom signature was found to be fraudulent.[2]

In 2025, Silfverberg's work will feature in an exhibition Crossing Borders - Travelling Women Artists in the 1800s at the Ateneum in Helsinki, followed by a second showing of the exhibition in the Museum Kunstpalast in Düsseldorf.[3]

## Gallery

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* Ida Silfverberg - Woman teaching a Child to Read

* Woman Feeding a Parrot \- copy of a painting by Arnold Boonen[4]

* Skaters in Holland, copy of Isaac van Ostade[5]

* Skaters. Copy of a painting by Adriaen van de Velde[6]

* "In the laundry room" (Pesutuvassa), 1861

* Gentlemen and Ladies on the Terrace, after detail in painting by Antoine Watteau \- Finnish National Gallery

* Girl Leaning on Her Hand, copy of detail in Jean-Baptiste Greuze’s painting “L’accordée de village” - Finnish National Gallery

* A woman singing and a gentleman playing the guitar, copy of work by Caspar Netscherin, Finnish National Gallery

* The Shepherdess \- Finnish National Gallery

* Ida Silfverberg, Bohemian fiddler, 1864

* J. J. W. Lagus, (1821-1909), professor and rector of the University of Helsinki. Harald Smedberg's 1952 copy of a painting by Ida Silfverberg.

* Mother reading to her sick child

* Young girl holding a candle, copy after Godfried Schalcken \- Finnish National Gallery

## References

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ida Silfverberg.

1. ^ SILFVERBERG, Ida (1834 - 1899), Painter, copyist in Bénézit.
2. ^ Genuine or Counterfeit? Counterfeit and authentic art from the collections of Gösta Serlachius Art Foundation Archived 2018-04-18 at the Wayback Machine, book by Marjo-Riitta Simpanen, 2012, OCLC 864435953
3. ^ "The 2025 exhibitions to feature women artists of the 1800s and the Vienna of the early 1900s | Ateneumin taidemuseo / Konstmuseet Ateneum / Ateneum Art Museum". www.sttinfo.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2025-01-03.
4. ^ Die junge Frau mit dem Papagei in Dresden Gallery
5. ^ Belustigung auf dem Eise in Dresden Gallery
6. ^ Eisbelustigung auf dem Stadtgraben in Dresden Gallery

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