Carl-Ludwig Christinek (1730/1732–c.1794) was a Russian painter.Bridgeman Art: Carl-Ludwig Christinek
/ref> Christinek was born to German parents and was initially taught in German, but lived his whole life in Russia. He painted primarily portraits of Russian aristocracy. He settled down in

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, where he died, c.1794. Among some of his notable works was a mosaic of the ''

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'', produced at the

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. In 1785, he did a portrait of the architect

Yury Felten Georg Friedrich Veldten, russified as Yury Matveyevich Felten (; 1730–1801) was a Russian Imperial architect who served at the Empress Catherine the Great's court. Yury Felten was born Georg Veldten, into a family of German immigrants to Rus ...

Portrait gallery

File:Портрет Павла Петровича, кисти Карла Людвига Кристинека, 1760-е.jpg, Paul I File:Alexey Bobrinsky by C.L.Christinec (c.1770, Hermitage).jpg, Alexei Bobrinsky File:Carl Ludwig Christineck 018.jpg, Teresa Ivanovich Schnee File:Semen Ivanovich Mordvinov.jpg, Semyon Ivanovich Mordvinov File:Carl Ludwig Christinec 007.jpg, Anna Andreyevich Muravyova File:G.Orlov by Chrisitnek (1768).jpg,

Grigory Grigoryevich Orlov Prince Grigory Grigoryevich Orlov (; 17 October 1734 – 24 April 1783) was a favourite of the Empress Catherine the Great of Russia, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire (1772), state and military figure, collector, patron of arts, and General-in- ...

File:Olsufiev, Adam Vasilyevich by Chrisitnek.jpg, Adam Vasilyevich Olsufiev File:Carl Ludwig Christinec 001.jpg,

References

1730s births 1792 deaths 18th-century painters from the Russian Empire Male painters from the Russian Empire Ethnic German people from the Russian Empire {{Russia-painter-stub