A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Winckel, Theresa Emilia Henrietta
WINCKEL, THERESA EMILIA HENRIETTA,
Was born at Dresden, in 1784, and was celebrated for her copies of the old masters. She is said to have been unequalled in the copies she made of Correggio's works. She went to Paris, with her mother, in 1808, and spent her time while in that city in studying the works of art with which it abounds. Her letters from Paris have been published, and she also wrote many articles for periodicals. She began the study of the art of painting, at first, for her own gratification; but her mother losing her fortune, Henrietta supported them both by her own exertions.