Maria Clara Eimmart

Maria Clara Eimmart (May 27, 1676 in Nuremberg – October 29, 1707 in Nuremberg), was a German astronomer, engraver and designer. She was the daughter and assistant of Georg Christoph Eimmart, the younger.

Maria Clara Eimmart was a German Astronomer born in 1676. She was the daughter of painter, engraver, and amateur astronomer Georg Christoph Eimmart, the younger. Her father's profession was a lucrative one, but he spent all of his earnings in the purchase of astronomical instruments. He was a diligent observer and published his results in various memoirs and transactions of society. Her grandfather, Georg Christoph Eimmart the elder, was also an engraver and painter. Eimmart the elder painted portraits, still-life, landscapes, and historical subjects. In 1678, Maria Clara Eimmart’s father built a private observatory in Nuremberg on the city wall. From 1699 to 1704,Georg Christoph Eimmart was the director of the Nuremberg Academy of Art, the Malerakademie. Through her father, Maria Clara Eimmart received an education in French, Latin, Mathematics and drawing. Through her broad education in the fine arts, she specialized in botanical and astronomical illustrations. Because of the strength of the crafts tradition in Germany, Eimmart was able to take advantage of the opportunity to train as an apprentice to her father and learned the art of astronomy from him.

Eimmart's skills as an engraver allowed her to assist her father in his work. Eimmart's skill in creating exact sketches led to her success in both astronomical and botanical illustration. In addition to Eimmart's depictions of the sun and moon, she also illustrated flowers, birds, ancient statues, and ancient women, but most of Maria Clara's paintings of nature and art have been lost.

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