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Christina Elisabeth Carowsky (March 5, 1745 – 1797) was a Swedish painter.

Biography

Carowsky was born in Gothenburg into a family of artists. Her mother was Maria Carowsky and Michael Carowsky, and her grandfather was Johan Ross the Elder. Carowsky became a well known portrait painter in Gothenburg. She married in 1787 to Engelbert Jörlin, the principal at Gothenburg elementary school.

References

1. "Christina Elisabeth Carowsky". Lexikonett amanda. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
2. "Michael Carowsky". Det Gamla Göteborg. 23 March 2017. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
3. "Maria Carowsky". Lexikonett amanda. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
4. "Maria Carowsky". Det Gamla Göteborg. 23 March 2017. Retrieved January 1, 2019.

Other Sources

• Collections at Gothenburg history : Christine Church books for marriages, births and deaths, Wilhelm Berg, Stockholm 1890–1893, p 694
• Svenskt konstnärslexikon (Swedish Art dictionary) Allhems Förlag, Malmö (1952) (in Swedish)

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