August de Ridder (Q3460)
Art collector, collected mainly Dutch and Flemish 17th-century art. Bought many paintings from Francois Kleinberger, also advised by Wilhelm von Bode, curator of the Kaiser Friedrich Museum in Berlin. Von Bode wrote a catalog, which was first publish
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- Ridder-de-August
- De Ridder, August
- Augustus Cornelius de Ridder
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August de Ridder
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Art collector, collected mainly Dutch and Flemish 17th-century art. Bought many paintings from Francois Kleinberger, also advised by Wilhelm von Bode, curator of the Kaiser Friedrich Museum in Berlin. Von Bode wrote a catalog, which was first publish
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Ridder-de-August
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De Ridder
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August
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1837-1911
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Ridder-de-August
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4 May 1837Gregorian
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13 May 1911Gregorian
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4 May 1837Gregorian
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13 May 1911Gregorian
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August de Ridder was a Belgian-German merchant and art collector, a contemporary of Adolphe Schloss (1845-1910). He spent his early years in Antwerp, moved to Germany in 1863 and received Prussian citizenship in 1899. He worked for the company of Ludwig August Müller, the co-founder of the tea dye factory Meister Lucius and Brüning in Hoechst am Main. In 1863 he became its commercial director.
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