Carl-Ludwig Christinek (1730/1732–c.1794) was a Russian painter.Bridgeman Art: Carl-Ludwig Christinek
/ref> Christinek was born to German parents and was initially taught in German, but lived his whole life in Russia. He painted primarily portraits of Russian aristocracy. He settled down in

St. Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

, where he died, c.1794. Among some of his notable works was a mosaic of the ''

Battle of Poltava The Battle of Poltava; russian: Полта́вская би́тва; uk, Полта́вська би́тва (8 July 1709) was the decisive and largest battle of the Great Northern War. A Russian army under the command of Tsar Peter I defeate ...

'', produced at the

Imperial Porcelain Factory, Saint Petersburg The Imperial Porcelain Factory (russian: Императорский Фарфоровый Завод, Imperatorskii Farforovyi Zavod), also known as the Imperial Porcelain Manufactory (abbreviated as IPM), is a producer of hand-painted ceramics i ...

. In 1785, he did a portrait of the architect

Yury Felten Yury Matveyevich Felten (russian: Ю́рий Матве́евич Фе́льтен, german: Georg Friedrich Veldten) (1730–1801) was a Russian Imperial architect who served at the Empress's Catherine the Great court. Yury Felten was born Georg ...

Portrait gallery

File:Портрет Павла Петровича, кисти Карла Людвига Кристинека, 1760-е.jpg, Paul I File:Alexey Bobrinsky by C.L.Christinec (c.1770, Hermitage).jpg, Alexei Bobrinsky File:Carl Ludwig Christineck 018.jpg, Teresa Ivanovich Schnee File:Semen Ivanovich Mordvinov.jpg, Semyon Ivanovich Mordvinov File:Carl Ludwig Christinec 007.jpg, Anna Andreyevich Muravyova File:G.Orlov by Chrisitnek (1768).jpg,

Grigory Grigoryevich Orlov Prince Grigory Grigoryevich Orlov (russian: Князь Григорий Григорьевич Орлов; 6 October 1734, Bezhetsky Uyezd – 13 April 1783, Moscow) was a favourite of the Empress Catherine the Great of Russia. He became a leade ...

File:Olsufiev, Adam Vasilyevich by Chrisitnek.jpg, Adam Vasilyevich Olsufiev File:Carl Ludwig Christinec 001.jpg,

References

1732 births 1792 deaths 18th-century painters from the Russian Empire Russian male painters Russian people of German descent {{Russia-painter-stub