Samuel Theodor Gericke or Gerike (1665-1730) was a German painter. Born in

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in 1665, he became at first a student of Rutger van Langevelt, and later of Gedeon Romandon. In 1694 he went to Rome to get prints, books, drawings and plaster casts for the

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in Berlin, which would be established in 1696. In Rome, he was a student of Carlo Maratta. Gericke returned to Berlin in 1696 and was appointed

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. In 1699 he became Professor of Perspective at the Academy, and one of its first 8 rectors. he served as the annual Director of the Academy a few times. He translated ''De Arte Graphica'', the famous 1668 poem by Charles Alphonse du Fresnoy, into German in 1699. Other art theoretical works he translated include the ''Grondlegginge der teekenkonst'' by Gerard de Lairesse (original 1701, translation 1705).

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17th-century German painters 18th-century German painters 18th-century German male artists Painters from the Kingdom of Prussia German male painters Painters from Berlin German court painters Academic staff of the Prussian Academy of Arts Pupils of Carlo Maratta 1665 births 1730 deaths {{Germany-painter-stub