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Painter. Descended from a family of French Huguenots exiled to West Prussia (1685), who moved to Russia (early 19th century). Son of the trader Ferdinand Gottlieb Ammont (died 1842), younger brother ...
Painter. Born in the family of Christian Fricke, assistant inspector of classes at the Imperial Academy of Arts, in the village of Gorodets in St Petersburg Province (1820). Studied landscape paintin...