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Johan Richter or Giovanni Richter (1665–1745) was a Swedish
Johan Richter
(Nationalmuseum) 1665 births 1745 deaths 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 18th-century Italian painters Landscape artists Painters from Venice Italian vedutisti 17th-century Swedish painters Swedish male painters 18th-century Swedish painters 18th-century Swedish male artists 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub
Johan Richter or Giovanni Richter (1665–1745) was a Swedish 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.
Biography
Richter was born inStockholm
Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...
, Sweden
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. His brothers included medallist Bengt Richter
Bengt Richter (also Benedikt) (1670–18 April 1735) was a Swedish medallist.
Life
Born at Stockholm, he was a pupil and son-in-law of the medal engraver Arvid Karlsteen. Leonard Forrer, ''Biographical Dictionary of Medallists'' Vol. 5 (1904),p ...
(1670–1735).
He mainly painted landscapes or veduta of Venice
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. Around 1710 he traveled to Venice, where he was mentioned as active from 1717. His work was influenced by Italian painter Luca Carlevarijs (1663–1730). He died during 1745 in Venice.
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Johan Richter
(Nationalmuseum) 1665 births 1745 deaths 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 18th-century Italian painters Landscape artists Painters from Venice Italian vedutisti 17th-century Swedish painters Swedish male painters 18th-century Swedish painters 18th-century Swedish male artists 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub