Anna Folkema

Anna Folkema
Anna Folkema
Born	May 22, 1695; Dokkum, Netherlands
Died	October 18, 1768 (aged 73); Amsterdam, Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Known for	Engraving

Anna Folkema (22 May 1695 – 8 October 1768), was an 18th-century engraver from the Northern Netherlands.

Two Lutheran churches and two Synagogues of Amsterdam

Biography

She was born in Dokkum as the daughter of Johann Jakob Folkema, a goldsmith.[1] She was the sister of Jacob Folkema.[1] Their father moved the family to Amsterdam, where they ran a family business of making prints.[1]

She died in Amsterdam.[1]

Selected works

Two children drinking out of a bowl. Folkema Anna 1748. Line.[2]
Two children and a cat lying on a grassy bank. Folkema Anna 1748. Line.[2]

References

Anna Folkema in the RKD
Weitenkamf Frank, Grolier Club. Catalogue of a collection of engravings, etchings and lithographs by women : exhibited at the Grolier Club, 29 East Thirty-Second Street, April 12 to 27, 1901., The De Vinne Press, New York, 1901, pg35. OCLC 460464188

Anna Folkema on 1001 Vrouwen uit de Nederlandse geschiedenis

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[RKD-1] Anna Folkema in the RKD

[Weitenkamf_Frank_1901._pg35-2] Weitenkamf Frank, Grolier Club. Catalogue of a collection of engravings, etchings and lithographs by women : exhibited at the Grolier Club, 29 East Thirty-Second Street, April 12 to 27, 1901., The De Vinne Press, New York, 1901, pg35. OCLC 460464188