Maria Theresia van Thielen

Maria Theresia van Thielen (7 March 1640 – 11 February 1706) was a Flemish Baroque painter. She is known for several flower pieces and outdoor still lifes painted in the style of her father Jan Philip van Thielen.

Biography

Maria van Thielen was born in Antwerp where she was baptized on 19 March 1640 in the parish of Onze Lieve Vrouw Noord. Her parents were Jan Philip van Thielen and Francisca de Hemelaer.

She had you younger two sisters Anna Maria and Francisca Catharina who also became painters and a brother Philippus. The three sister learned flower painting from their father.

She never married and died in Antwerp where she was buried on 11 February 1706.

She signed her works M.T.Van THIELEN.F. She painted two flower pieces in her father's style for the city hall of Mechelen, one of which is signed and dated 1664.