A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Glauber, Diana

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4120475A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography — Glauber, Diana

GLAUBER, DIANA,

Was sister of John and Gottleib Glauber, and was born at Utrecht, in 1650. John Glauber instructed his sister in the principles and practice of his art; and she devoted herself chiefly to painting portraits. Her style became quite distinguished; and she also designed historical subjects, until she was accidentally deprived of her sight. She died at Hamburg about 1720.