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Franz Ferdinand Richter (c.1693, Ebersdorf, near Breslau - after 1737, Florence) was a German
Works known to be his include a portrait of the violinist and composer,
Baroque
The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...
painter who worked in Italy .
Life and work
Information on his early life is almost totally lacking. He was first documented on 18 May 1727, when he was in Rome; applying for a passport to return home. It is certain that he was a long time resident of Florence; and that he died there.
Works known to be his include a portrait of the violinist and composer, Francesco Maria Veracini
Francesco Maria Veracini (1 February 1690 – 31 October 1768) was an Italian composer and violinist, perhaps best known for his sets of violin sonatas. As a composer, according to Manfred Bukofzer, "His individual, if not subjective, style has ...
, which is better known as an engraving by the English artist, John June. He also created an altarpiece for the Church of the Assumption in , which suggests a connection to work done at Ebrach Abbey. There is also record of a portrait of the poet and playwright, Giovan Battista Fagiuoli, from 1736, whose current location is unknown. His self-portrait (c.1720/25) is in the Uffizi Gallery.From the Collezione Ferroni. Gallerie degli Uffizi, General catalog, 1979, p. 972, Centro Di
In the Galleria Palatina
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at the Palazzo Pitti, there is a monumental portrait of Gian Gastone de' Medici, wearing his Grand Ducal paraphernalia, in rococo style; one of his last dated works from 1737.
References
Further reading
* Witt library, ''A checklist of painters, c1200-1976: represented in the Witt library'', Courtland institute of art, London, 1978, MansellExternal links
{{DEFAULTSORT:Richter, Franz Ferdinand 1690s births 1730s deaths 18th-century German painters 18th-century German male artists German emigrants to Italy