Johann Georg Sulzer

1774

Anton Graff

Associated Names
Anton Graff

Artist, Swiss, 1736 - 1813

The image is a line drawing of a man in profile, facing to the right. He is seated with his head tilted upwards. The man has a prominent nose, focused eyes, and short, textured hair with curls. He is clean-shaven and wears a collared garment under a textured outer garment. There are no accessories or objects present. The background is plain. An artist's signature, "A. Graff fec," is in the lower left corner.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Robert Paul Mann and Dorothy Neeld Mann

  • Dimensions

    plate: 15.4 x 9 cm (6 1/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 29.6 x 21.3 cm (11 5/8 x 8 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1999.128.3

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Berckenhagen 1967, no. 1348, State ii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(C. G. Boerner, New York); purchased 1999 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1967

  • Berckenagen, Ekhart. Anton Graff, Leben und Werk. Berlin, 1967.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: A. Graff fec.

Wikidata ID

Q75426220

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