A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Deyster, Anna
DEYSTER, ANNA,
The daughter of Louis Deyster, a Flemish painter, was born at Bruges in 1696. She excelled in landscapes, and imitated her father's works so well, that few of the best judges could distinguish the copies from the originals. She died in poverty, because, abandoning painting, she devoted her time to constructing organs and harpsichords, and was not successful. The date of her death is 1746.