Richard Collin
Illustration — Portrait of Richard Collin Richard Collin (1626, Luxembourg – 1698, Brussels), was an engraver from Luxembourg.
Also recorded as Ryckaert Colin · Rischer Colyn
Richard Collin
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- Born
- 1626 · Luxembourg.
- Died
- 1698 · Brussels.
- Nationality
- Luxembourg
- Occupation
- printmaker · geographer · artist · draftsperson · copper engraver
- Languages
- Dutch
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Illustration — Portrait of Richard Collin Richard Collin (1626, Luxembourg – 1698, Brussels), was an engraver from Luxembourg.
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The recorded working language is Dutch. Places of work recorded in the authority are Rome, Antwerp and Brussels. Work by Richard Collin is recorded in the collections of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, National Gallery of Victoria, Hermitage Museum, Rijksmuseum and Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp.
According to the RKD he was a pupil of Joachim von Sandrart in Rome, and became a master in the Antwerp Guild of St. Luke in 1650–1651. He worked in Rome and in Antwerp, and is known for portraits he engraved for Cornelis de Bie's book of artists called Het Gulden Cabinet. In the 1660s he took on pupils, and in 1678 he moved to Brussels and became the court engraver for Charles II of Spain. His engraving of Christina, Queen of Sweden is held in the Victoria and Albert Museum. • Illustration — Richard Collin middle left in Sandrart's Teutsche Academie • Illustration — Engraving by Richard Collin after a design by Erasmus Quellinus II of the Tomb of Willem van der Rijt and Judith van Aeswyn, 1641, Sint-Gertrudiskerk, Bergen op Zoom
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Richard Collin is recorded as printmaker, geographer, artist, draftsperson and copper engraver.
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1626
Richard Collin born at Luxembourg.
1698
Richard Collin died at Brussels.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q7324836: Richard Collin
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scholarly publication
- Collin, Richard, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2011
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scholarly publication
Collin, Richard, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011Crossref registry
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Collin, Collin Mangrum, Richard, Collin-Mangrum, Richard, Mangrum, Richard C. and Mangrum, R.
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