Christian Richter (painter)

[1] The latter visited England for a short time, when he executed a set of medals of the members of the Swedish Club; some specimens of these are in the British Museum.

There he modelled a wax portrait of Augustus II, although his hope of an appointment at the court of Saxony was disappointed, and he left for London.

His skill in producing small limned copies of Dahl's and Huysing's oil paintings would undoubtedly have further promoted their reputations.

According to George Vertue, the engraver and antiquary, Richter became an excellent copyist of Dahl's works, and also those of Vandyck, Lely, and Kneller.

[2] Vertue described Richter's style: 'his Manner of Painting very tender and Curious, his tincts had a great variety his pencil regular and neat, his lines of drawing very just & toucht with freedom'.