Johann Heinrich Richter
Illustration — Portrait of Johann Heinrich Richter, drawn by Louis Asher, Rome 1834 Johann Heinrich Richter (1803–1845) was a German painter.
Johann Heinrich Richter

Louis Asher · Fotokopie van prive bezit · Public domain
- Born
- 1803 · Koblenz.
- Died
- 1845 · Koblenz.
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- painter
- Fields
- portrait
- Languages
- German
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
Illustration — Portrait of Johann Heinrich Richter, drawn by Louis Asher, Rome 1834 Johann Heinrich Richter (1803–1845) was a German painter.
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Johann Heinrich Richter. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
gnd · 1090682743 · wikidata · Q19286789 · wikipedia · Johann Heinrich Richter
In this article
Life
Life
The recorded working language is German. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris, Munich and Rome. Work by Johann Heinrich Richter is recorded in the collections of Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, Hermitage Museum and Bavarian State Painting Collections.
Johann Heinrich Richter was born in 1803 in Koblenz. From 1822 he trained to become a goldsmith at his father's workshop in Koblenz. Between 1822 and 1827 he studied in Paris under Anne-Louis Girodet-Trioson and François Gérard. After it he returned to Koblenz. Around 1830 he traveled to the Netherlands and again to Paris. From 1830 to 1833 he stayed in Munich. There he painted historical cartons at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Munich and at the same time he was very active as a portrait painter. Between 1832 and 1834, Richter was in Naples, Florence and Rome, accompanied by Horace Vernet and Léopold Robert. From 1836 he returned to Koblenz and worked primarily as a portrait painter. From 1840 to 1844 the artist lived and worked as a portrait painter in the Netherlands (The Hague, Middelburg). In December 1844 he moved to his native town Koblenz, where he died in 1845. Several works by the artist have been sold at auctions, including 'Portrait of Prince Maximilianowitsch Romanowsky' sold at Van Ham Fine Art Auctions 'Fine Art ' in 2011. Richter's works are represented in various German and Dutch museums and are part of some private collections.
Works
Works
• 1825: Selbstporträt, Verbleib unbekannt (Becker 1971, S. 78) • 1826: Jeune fille et son frère en bordure de parc • 1826: Portrat Johannes Müller, freund • 1827: Der Heilige Sebastian nach Perugino, Verbleib unbekannt (Stramberg 1854, S. 524; Artistisches München 1836, S. 128) • 1827: Porträt Karl Baedeker • 1833/34: Bildnis des Papstes Pius VII. nach Jacques Louis David, 1833/34, Verbleib unbekannt (TB). • 1834: La ciociara • 1835: Fortunata Segatori • 1835: Portrat young officer • 1835: Portrat einer lady • 1839: Portrat des Fursten Maximilianowitsch Romanowsky • 1840: Portrat Gosso Bernardus van Bronkhorst (1778-1860) • 1840: Portrat Susanna Elisabeth Christina Hiddingh (1780-1841) • 1840: Portrat Josina Adelaide Antoinette van Rappard (1800-1894) • 1840: Portrat James Albert Henry de la Sarraz (1787-1877) • 1840: Portrat Bavius Gijsbertus Rinia van Nauta (1787-1860) • 1841: Portrat Jan Corver Hooft (1779-1855) • 1841: Portrat Willem_Maurits_de_Brauw_(1838-1898) (1810-1874) • 1844: Portrat Frans Keller • 184?: Dobbelportrat Karel Willem de Jonge (1789-1852) und Henriëtte van Breugel • 184?: Portrat Willem Marinus Hendrik de Jonge (1824-1898) • 1843: Portret Marinus Christianus de Crane (1783-1865) • 1844: Portrat Adriaan Isaac Snouck Hurgronje (1780-1849) • 1844: Portrat Johanna Adriana Maria Lambrechtsen (1792-1864) • 1844: Portrat van Johanna Ermerins (1787-1866) • unknown: Portrait of a maiden • unknown: Italian woman with water jug • unknown: Portrat Elisabeth Adriana Martini (1811-1841) • unknown: Portrat Eugène de Beauharnais • unknown: Portrat Conrad Marius Josias Bruhn (1797-) • unknown: Maximilian von Wied-Neuwied mit dem Botokuden Quäck auf der Jagd
Primary material
Documents and archives
Institutional database
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q19286789: Johann Heinrich Richter
Scholarly · Wikimedia Foundation
authority file
- Gemeinsame Normdatei 1090682743, Johann Heinrich Richter (Firma).
General reference · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
reference work
- “Johann Heinrich Richter”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Stramberg 1854, pagina 524
- 2.Kunst des 19. Jahrhunderts im Rheinland 1979, pagina 53
- 3.Artistisches Munchen 1836, pagina 28f.
- 4.vgl. Becker 1971, pagina 78
- 5.Lettres adressées au baron François Gérard 1886, pagina 80f.
- 6.ebd., pagina 165f. TB
- 7.Stramberg 1854, pagina 525l Artistisches Munchen 1836, pagina 128.
- 8.Becker 1971, pagina 78
- 9.Stramberg 1854, Pagina 524; Artistisches München 1836, Pagina 128
- 10.https://www.thorvaldsensmuseum.dk/soeg?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=richter
- 11.http://www.blouinartinfo.com/artist/199621/lots
- 12.https://web.archive.org/web/20150402103649/http://artsalesindex.artinfo.com/asi/lots/168756
- 13.https://web.archive.org/web/20150402145231/http://artsalesindex.artinfo.com/asi/lots/1825709
- 14.https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/images/134783. Gearchiveerd op 7 maart 2016.
- 15.https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/images/144677. Gearchiveerd op 16 augustus 2016.
- 16.https://www.parlementairdocumentatiecentrum.nl/id/vg09lkzhc5ze
- 17.https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/images/145392. Gearchiveerd op 6 juli 2017.
- 18.https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/images/146907. Gearchiveerd op 15 augustus 2016.
- 19.https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/images/146909. Gearchiveerd op 16 augustus 2016.
- 20.https://web.archive.org/web/20150402180437/http://artsalesindex.artinfo.com/asi/lots/1098955
- 21.https://web.archive.org/web/20150402185334/http://artsalesindex.artinfo.com/asi/lots/1044323
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
Institutional database
Wikidata, structured authority record Q19286789: Johann Heinrich RichterWikimedia Foundation
Institutional witnessauthority file
Gemeinsame Normdatei 1090682743, Johann Heinrich Richter (Firma).Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
Secondary witnessreference work
Secondary witness
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 18 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Paintings
19,183 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Johann HarperArtist
- Johann Heinrich BaumannArtist
- Johann Heinrich KellerArtist
- Johann Heinrich MeyerArtist
- Johann Heinrich RoosArtist
- Johann Heinrich WedekindArtist
- Johann Hermann CarmienckeArtist
- Johann Jacob Bremi-WolfArtist
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Johann Heinrich Richter?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.