Ida Silfverberg

• Name — Ida Silfverberg • Born — 23 January 1834 • Birthplace — Helsinki • Place of death — Florence • Occupation — Artist, copyist

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.

• Illustration — Ida Silfverberg - Woman teaching a Child to Read • Illustration — Woman Feeding a Parrot - copy of a painting by Arnold Boonen • Illustration — Skaters in Holland, copy of Isaac van Ostade • Illustration — Skaters. Copy of a painting by Adriaen van de Velde • Illustration — "In the laundry room" (Pesutuvassa), 1861 • Illustration — Gentlemen and Ladies on the Terrace, after detail in painting by Antoine Watteau - Finnish National Gallery • Illustration — Girl Leaning on Her Hand, copy of detail in Jean-Baptiste Greuze’s painting “L’accordée de village” - Finnish National Gallery • Illustration — A woman singing and a gentleman playing the guitar, copy of work by Caspar Netscherin, Finnish National Gallery • Illustration — The Shepherdess - Finnish National Gallery • Illustration — Ida Silfverberg, Bohemian fiddler, 1864 • Illustration — 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. • Illustration — Mother reading to her sick child • Illustration — Young girl holding a candle, copy after Godfried Schalcken - Finnish National Gallery