Christian Friedrich Zincke

Christian Friedrich Zincke (c.1683–5 – 24 March 1767) was a German miniature painter active in England in the 18th century.

He was born in Dresden, Germany around 1683 and died in Lambeth, London on 24 March 1767.

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.

Suffering from poor eyesight in the later 1740s, he passed on his business to James Deacon.

To create skin tones he used a stipple technique of tiny red dots, sometimes described as 'measles'.