Christian Friedrich Zincke (1683–5 – 24 March 1767) was a German
miniature painter
A portrait miniature is a miniature portrait painting, usually executed in gouache, watercolor, or enamel. Portrait miniatures developed out of the techniques of the miniatures in illuminated manuscripts, and were popular among 16th-century eli ...
active in England in the 18th century.
Life
He was born in
Dresden
Dresden (, ; Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; wen, label=Upper Sorbian, Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and its second most populous city, after Leipzig. It is the 12th most populous city of Germany, the fourth larg ...
and died in
Lambeth
Lambeth () is a district in South London, England, in the London Borough of Lambeth, historically in the County of Surrey. It is situated south of Charing Cross. The population of the London Borough of Lambeth was 303,086 in 2011. The area expe ...
(now
London
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...
). He apprenticed his father and also studied painting. In 1706 he came to London to work at
Charles Boit's studio, and when Boit left for France eight years later Zincke inherited many of his fashionable clients. He went on to become the most successful enamel painter of his era.
Suffering from poor eyesight in the later 1740s, he passed on his business to
James Deacon.
Painting techniques
Zincke painted using existing portraits for reference, but also painted from life. To create skin tones he used a
stipple
Stippling is the creation of a pattern simulating varying degrees of solidity or shading by using small dots. Such a pattern may occur in nature and these effects are frequently emulated by artists.
Art
In printmaking, stipple engraving is ...
technique of tiny red dots, sometimes described as 'measles'.
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Works by him at the National Portrait GalleryImage of Zincke and his wife
1683 births
1767 deaths
18th-century German painters
18th-century German male artists
German male painters
Portrait miniaturists
German emigrants to the Kingdom of Great Britain
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