{{Short description|Luxembourgish engraver}} {{for|the historian and New Orleans food writer|Richard H. Collin}} thumb|Portrait of Richard Collin '''Richard Collin''' (1626, Luxembourg – 1698, Brussels), was an engraver from Luxembourg.
==Biography== 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.<ref name=RKD>[https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/17753 Richard Collin] in the RKD</ref> 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.<ref name=RKD/> In the 1660s he took on pupils, and in 1678 he moved to Brussels and became the court engraver for Charles II of Spain.<ref name=RKD/> His engraving of Christina, Queen of Sweden is held in the Victoria and Albert Museum.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O567356/christina-of-sweden-print-richard-collin/|title = Christina of Sweden - Print|last = Collin|first = Richard|date =|website = Victoria & Albert|publisher =|access-date = April 6, 2016}}</ref>
<gallery> File:Teutsche Academie Pb-1096.jpg|Richard Collin middle left in Sandrart's Teutsche Academie File:Erasmus Quellinus - Richard Collin - tomb Willem van der Rijt - Judith van Aeswyn - 1641.jpg|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 </gallery> {{commons category|Richard Collin}}
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==Further reading== * [http://ta.sandrart.net/edition/person/view/1195 Engravings in Sandrart's ''Teutsche Academie''] {{ACArt}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Collin, Richard}} Category:1626 births Category:1698 deaths Category:17th-century Flemish engravers Category:People from Luxembourg City Category:Painters from Antwerp
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