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Portrait of Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany

1737 · Galleria Palatina (Palazzo Pitti), Florence

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Ferdinand Richter was a German painter, active in Italy. He worked for a time at the Medici court in Florence. Gian Gastone was the last of the Medici grand dukes.

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Portrait of Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany

About the Artist

Franz Ferdinand Richter

1693 – 1737

German Baroque painter from Silesia. The biography of Ferdinand Richter is only partially known. We know he was in Rome in 1727 where he received to go home. He was also active in Florence. An altarpiece discovered in Aschbach suggests that he also worked in the abbey of Ebrach. We owe him a portrait of the Baroque composer Francesco Maria Veracini, which was etched later in copper as well as the altarpiece in the Catholic church of the Assumption in Aschbach.

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