Johann Philipp Christfeld (born 1796 or 1797 – 6 January 1874) was a

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. Christfeld was born in

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. He is recorded as living at ''Lerchen Straße 42'' in

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in around 1850. Christfeld died in Munich in 1874.Thieme-Becker, vol. 21.

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19th-century German painters 19th-century German male artists German male painters 1790s births 1874 deaths {{ceramics-stub

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