David Richter the Elder

David Richter the Elder, self-portrait

David Richter d. Ä. (Born August 31, 1661 in Stockholm , Sweden ; † April 30, 1735 in Vienna ) was a Swedish - German portrait and landscape painter .

Life

David was the son of the goldsmith Friedrich Richter. His cousin David Richter the Younger (1664–1741) was also an artist. David Richter d. Ä. learned from the painter and draftsman David Klöcker von Ehrenstahl (1629–1698) and then worked in Berlin . There he created pictures of the Brandenburg Prime Minister Eberhard von Danckelman and his brothers Daniel Ludolf and Sylvester (see Danckelmansches Siebengestirn ). In 1692 he stayed in Dresden , where he painted, among other things, the Elector Johann Georg IV . Even before 1701 he moved to Vienna, where, for example, Prince Eugene of Savoy sat for him. He married on May 29, 1708 in Vienna.

Princess Charlotte Amalie von Hessen-Wanfried, oil on canvas, 84 × 65 cm, 1704, Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum, Budapest
Prince Franz II. Rákóczi, oil on canvas, 77 × 61.5 cm, 1704, Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum, Budapest
Ideal landscape (evening mood), oil on canvas, 45 × 52 cm, around 1700, Belvedere , Vienna

Constantin von Wurzbach : Richter, David . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 26th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1874, p. 38 ( digitized version ).
David Richter the Elder . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 28 : Ramsden-Rosa . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1934, p. 287-288 .

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personal data
SURNAME	Judge, David the Elder
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German portrait and landscape painter
DATE OF BIRTH	August 31, 1661
PLACE OF BIRTH	Stockholm , Sweden
DATE OF DEATH	April 30, 1735
Place of death	Vienna