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Richter's father had intended to enter him on the goldsmiths' lists but died in 1695 before this could be arranged. His mother entered his name that same year, however, and he appears to have worked for his relation Frantz Boll. He was discharged as a journeyman in 1698, after less than
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He had some skill as an original miniature-painter, but was hampered in his art by ill-health. Vertue described
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