Christian Friedrich Zincke and his wife Greetings Card
Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:
Christian Friedrich Zincke and his wife NPG D20229
© National Portrait Gallery, London
by John Faber Jr, after Hans Hysing
Christian Friedrich Zincke was a German painter, active in England. He was the son of a Dresden goldsmith and trained in that profession, but he also studied with the portrait painter Heinrich-Christoph Fehling. In 1706 he moved to England on the invitation of the Swedish enamellist Charles Boit, to collaborate on a large enamel commemorating the Battle of Blenheim, a project that was never completed. Zincke continued as Boit's pupil but soon outstripped his master and set up on his own as a miniaturist.... more
Card size: 125mm x 175mm
Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.









