Anna Dorthea Therbusch

Timeline

Born in Berlin.
Marries Ernst Friedrich Therbusch.
Father dies.
Completes works for Charles-Eugene, Count of Württemberg, in Stuuttgart.
Becomes an honorary member of the Stuttgart Academy of Fine Arts.
Completes works for Kurfürst Charles Theodore Wittelsbach in Mannheim.
Travels to Paris and meets Denis Diderot.
Elected a member of the Académie Royale.
Diderot claims to have modeled nude for Therbusch for his portrait.
Leaves Paris and travels to Brussels and Holland.
Named an honorary member of the Academy of Vienna.
Receives a commission for eight full-length portraits from the Prussian royal family.
Returns to Berlin after struggling to establish herself in Paris.
Husband dies.
Receives a commission from Catherine II of Russia to paint a portrait of Prussian royal family.
Dies in Berlin.