Richard Collin (1626,

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– 1698,

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), was an engraver from Luxembourg.

Biography

According to the RKD he was a pupil of

Joachim von Sandrart Joachim von Sandrart (12 May 1606 – 14 October 1688) was a German Baroque art-historian and painter, active in Amsterdam during the Dutch Golden Age. He is most significant for his collection of biographies of Dutch and German artists the '' ...

in Rome, and became a master in the Antwerp Guild of St. Luke in 1650–1651.Richard Collin
in the

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He worked in Rome and in Antwerp, and is known for portraits he engraved for

Cornelis de Bie Cornelis de Bie (10 February 1627 – ) was a Flemish '' rederijker'', poet, jurist and minor politician from Lier. He is the author of about 64 works, mostly comedies. He is known internationally today for his biographical sketches of Flemish ...

's book of artists called

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. In the 1660s he took on pupils, and in 1678 he moved to Brussels and became the court engraver for

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. His engraving of

Christina, Queen of Sweden Christina (; 18 December O.S. 8 December">Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates.html" ;"title="nowiki/>Old Style and New Style dates">O.S. 8 December1626 – 19 April 1689), a member of the House of Vasa, was Monarchy of Sweden, Queen of Sweden from ...

is held in the Victoria and Albert Museum. File:Teutsche Academie Pb-1096.jpg, Richard Collin middle left in Sandrart's

Teutsche Academie The ''German Academy of the Noble Arts of Architecture, Sculpture and Painting'', or ''Teutsche Academie'', refers to a comprehensive dictionary of art by Joachim von Sandrart published in the late 17th century. The first version was published in ...

File:Erasmus Quellinus - Richard Collin - tomb Willem van der Rijt - Judith van Aeswyn - 1641.jpg, Engraving by Richard Collin after a design by Erasmus Quellinus II of the Tomb of Willem van der Rijt and Judith van Aeswyn, 1641, Sint- Gertrudiskerk, Bergen op Zoom

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