Elisabeth SELDRON (circa 1675–1761)

Elisabeth Seldron or Celdrin (Brussels, circa 1675 – there, February 24, 1761) was a painter in the Austrian Netherlands. She mainly produced genre scenes and landscapes.

Elisabeth was the child of Hendrik Seldron and Anna van der Meirsschen. Together with Catharina van Stichel, she was admitted as a master in the Brussels painters’ guild in 1701/02. Her typical subjects were markets, farmers, soldiers’ camps, and also battle scenes. In 1735, Seldron became court painter for the gardens of the Landvoogdes Maria Elisabeth. During this period, she painted a six-part religious cycle for the Church of Saint Martin of the Carthusian priory of Saint-Martin-Bos. Despite her status and skills, it remains striking that this strict order called upon a woman. The six canvases by Seldron, which were integrated into the paneling of the choir stalls, depicted four scenes from the life of the founder of the Carthusian order, Bruno of Cologne, and two from the Acts of the Apostles. After the death of her patron in 1741, Seldron no longer worked at court. She died at an advanced age and was survived by her husband, the sculptor and architect Nicolaas Simons.