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Ludwig Richter

Born : 1803Died : 1884

Adrian Ludwig Richter (1803–1884), a painter and printmaker from Dresden, received his first lessons from his father, the draughtsman Karl August Richter, before studying at the city’s academy. His Italian stay from 1823 to 1826 brought him into Roman artistic circles and encouraged him to draw the peninsula’s landscapes. He subsequently taught in Meissen and later at the Dresden Academy.

In his paintings, figures inhabit nature and lend landscape a familiar, narrative dimension. The Wedding Procession in Spring, painted in 1847 and held in Dresden, provides an important example. Richter also developed a substantial practice designing illustrations for wood engraving. His images of everyday life and his autobiographical recollections contributed considerably to the circulation of his work during the nineteenth century.

This profile brings together identity references for Ludwig Richter and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.

Documented auction references

25auction references

4auction houses

11documented results with prices

DognyAuction · Kornfeld · Lempertz · Dobiaschofsky

References include catalogue entries and available results; they do not all represent completed sales. Attributed works and special lots are excluded from the priced results.

Works recorded at auction

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Lempertz · Lot 1102

Schutzengel, eine Schlange von einem Kind abwehrend

Pencil

Original catalogue wording

Schutzengel, eine Schlange von einem Kind abwehrend
Bleistift

Auction date : 2026-05-21

Published result : 1016 EUR

Including buyer’s premium

Estimate : 800

Ludwig Richter

Documented auction references

Works recorded at auction

Schutzengel, eine Schlange von einem Kind abwehrend

Vorzeichnung zur Buchillustration Das häßliche junge Entlein

Haderlump, bei bäuerlichem Ehepaar vorsprechend (verso: Christus)

Illustration für das Lied "An der Saale hellem Strande"

Mauerpforte

Am Golf von Neapel. Blick über das Castel dell'ovo auf den Vesuv

Laternchen. - Frühling. - Mutter und Kind vor dem Spiegel 3 Illustrationen zu "Kinderreime alt und neu" von Klaus Groth, Georg Wiegand's Verlag, Leipzig, 1858

Der Puppenspieler

Titelbild zu "Gedichte" von Friedrich Rückert, Erster Theil. - Das Zauberpferd Illustrationen: 1. Zum gleichnamigen Buch, erschienen bei J.D. Sauerländer's Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, 1846. - 2. "Illustrierte Jugend-Zeitung, 1. Jahrgang", Verlag Otto Wigand, Leipzig, 1846

Das Christkindlein in der Rose. - Der Schneider von Gastein Illustrationen: 1. Clemens von Brentano, J.D. Sauerländer's Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, 1854. - 2. "Erzählungen" von Karl Stöber, Verlag Justus Neumann, Dresden, 2. Auflage, 1846

Familie am Bache - Im Frühling Aus Ludwig Richter's Skizzenbuch

Allegorie des Herbstes

Vesper. - Des fremden Kindes heil'ger Christ Illustrationen: 1. "Der Sonntag in Bildern", Verlag J. Heinrich Richter, Dresden, 1861. - 2. "Gottes-Blumen. Aus dem deutschen Dichtergarten" von A. Hungari, 2. vermehrte Auflage, J.D. Sauerländer's Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, 1856

Der Storch und der Frosch

Speise-Karte

Der Ochsenkarren

Schneewittchen

Im Beichtstuhl

Bewaldete Landschaft

Via Appia vers Cecilia Metella

Via Appia vers Cecilia Metella

Via Appia vers Cecilia Metella

References excluded from statistics: attributions and special lots

Little dancing song. - Sledge 2 illustrations for "Bilder und Reime für Kinder" by Wilhelm Hey, published by Justus Naumann, Leipzig & Dresden, 1859

Attribué à LUDWIG ADRIAN RICHTER — "Die Harzburg".

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