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Johan Richter or Giovanni Richter (1665–1745) was a Swedish
Johan Richter
(Nationalmuseum) 1665 births 1745 deaths 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Italian landscape painters 18th-century Italian painters Swedish landscape painters Painters from Venice Italian vedutisti 17th-century Swedish painters Swedish male painters 18th-century Swedish painters 18th-century Swedish male artists 18th-century Italian male artists Painters from Stockholm {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub
Johan Richter or Giovanni Richter (1665–1745) was a Swedish Baroque
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painter.
Biography
Richter was born inStockholm
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, Sweden
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. His brothers included medallist Bengt Richter (1670–1735).
He mainly painted landscapes or veduta
A ''veduta'' (; : ''vedute'') is a highly detailed, usually large-scale painting or, more often, old master print, print of a cityscape or some other vista. The painters of ''vedute'' are referred to as ''vedutisti''.
Origins
This genre of land ...
of Venice
Venice ( ; ; , formerly ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 islands that are separated by expanses of open water and by canals; portions of the city are li ...
. Around 1710 he traveled to Venice, where he was mentioned as active from 1717. His work was influenced by Italian painter Luca Carlevarijs
Luca Carlevarijs or Carlevaris (20 January 1663 – 12 February 1730) was an Italian painter and engraver working mainly in Venice. He pioneered the genre of the cityscapes ('' vedute'') of Venice, a genre that was later widely followed by arti ...
(1663–1730). He died during 1745 in Venice.
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Johan Richter
(Nationalmuseum) 1665 births 1745 deaths 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Italian landscape painters 18th-century Italian painters Swedish landscape painters Painters from Venice Italian vedutisti 17th-century Swedish painters Swedish male painters 18th-century Swedish painters 18th-century Swedish male artists 18th-century Italian male artists Painters from Stockholm {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub