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Catharina Elisabeth Heinecken (1683 – November 5, 1757) was a German artist and alchemist and the mother of a celebrated child prodigy, Christian Heinrich Heineken. FamilyBorn in Lübeck, she was the daughter of painter Franz Oesterreich and the stepdaughter of another painter, Karl Krieg.[ She married the painter and architect Paul Heinecken, and they had two children: Carl Heinrich von Heineken, an art historian and collector who was later knighted, and Christian Heinrich Heineken, a child prodigy known as "the infant scholar of Lübeck" who only lived to be four years old.] Heinecken painted portraits and still lifes with flowers and fruit,[ and she made crowns and wreaths, which she rented to wedding parties.][ Her portrait of her son Christian Heinrich served as the template for an engraving by Christian Fritzsch that was disseminated widely.][ It is said that she was deeply interested in alchemy and used her fortune to pursue alchemical studies.][ She died in Lützen.] A portrait of Heinecken painted by Balthasar Denner is thought to have been destroyed during World War II. References{{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Heinecken, Catharina Elisabeth}} 6 : 1683 births|1757 deaths|German artists|German women painters|German alchemists|18th-century alchemists |