{{Short description|Swedish artist (1720–1762)}} '''Margareta Stafhell''', also called Staffhell, Stafell and Staffhell-Åkerman, (1720–1762), was a Swedish chalcography artist.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://emp-web-84.zetcom.ch/eMP/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=artist&objectId=18366&viewType=detailView |title= Margareta Stafhell-Åkerman|publisher =Nationalmuseum |accessdate=December 1, 2018}}</ref>
==Biography== Margareta Stafhell was the daughter of the silversmith Gustaf Stafhell (1683-1761) and his wife Catharina Olofsdotter Beckman. She was the sister of silversmiths Gustaf Andreas Stafhell d.y. (1725-1772) and Andreas Stafhell (1730-1794) and the cousin of artist Ulrika Pasch (1735-1796). She married the spice merchant Jean Meijer in 1744 and in 1759 the goldsmith Petter Åkerman (1723-1792). <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.lexikonettamanda.se/show.php?aid=16378 |title= Gustaf Andreas Stafhell d.y. |publisher = Lexikonett amanda |accessdate=December 1, 2018}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|url= http://emp-web-84.zetcom.ch/eMP/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=artist&objectId=3280 |title= Petter Åkerman |publisher = Nationmuseum|accessdate=December 1, 2018}}</ref>
She produced engravings by the method of chalcography. Among her work were engravings of a copy of a work by Martin Desjardins after a version of Gerard Edelinck and Hyacinthe Rigaud. Several of her works depict biblical scenes. She was active in her profession her entire life: after her death, her own studio is listed among her possessions.
She is represented in the collection of engravings at the Nationalmuseum in central Stockholm.
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==Other sources== * Elsebeth Welander-Berggren [https://sok.riksarkivet.se/Sbl/Presentation.aspx?id=20032 ''Stafhell (Stafell), släkt''] urn:sbl:20032, (Svenskt biografiskt lexikon), accessed 2015-02-07. *Anna Lena Lindberg [https://skbl.se/en/article/UlricaFredricaPasch ''Ulrica Fredrica Pasch''](Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon. translated by Alexia Grosjean) *Anna Lena Lindberg [https://www.bokus.com/bok/9789186221058/en-mamsell-i-akademien-ulrica-fredrica-pasch-och-1700-talets-konstvarld/ ''Ulrica Fredrica Pasch och 1700-talets konstvärld''] (Stockholm: Signum, 2010) {{ISBN|9789186221058}}
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