Christian Richter
Christian Richter may refer to: * Christian Richter (painter) (1678–1732), Swedish miniature-painter and copyist * Christian Gottlieb Richter (c. 1700–1763), German organ builder {{hndis, Richter, Christian ...
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Christian Richter (painter)
Christian Richter (1678–1732) was a Swedish miniature-painter and copyist, active mainly in England. Life Family Christian Richter was born in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1678 (although some sources suggest a birth date of ), the son of the silversmith Hans Davidson Richter (died 1695), assessor of the Stockholm Goldsmiths' corporation, and Brita Bengtsdotter Selling. He came from a family of artists and craftsmen, and his brothers included the landscape painter Johann Richter and the medallist Bengt Richter.Coombs 2004, n.p. The latter visited England for a short time, when he executed a set of medals of the members of the Swedish Club; some specimens of these are in the British Museum.Cust 1896, p. 260. Training Christian Richter's father had intended to enter him on the goldsmiths' lists but died in 1695 before this could be arranged. His mother entered his name that same year, however, and he appears to have worked for his relation Frantz Boll. He was discharged as a ...
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