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Anton Graff

1736-1813 Switzerland/Portraitist

 

Brief Biography-Anton Graff was born in Winterthur, Switzerland, where Johann Ulrich Schellenberg tutored him. The Czech Portraitist Jan Kupecký and the Catalonian artist Hyacinthe Rigaud influenced his work. In 1756, he went to Augsburg before moving to Dresden in 1766. Graff taught at the Dresden Art Academy and was named Court Painter. He gained a reputation as a portraitist and travelled to other German cities to paint numerous notables. He died of typhoid in Dresden in 1813.

 

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Adam
Friedrich Oeser

Adam Friedrich Oeser

Adrian
Zingg

Adrian Zingg

Daughters
of Julius-

Daughters of John Julius of Vieth and Golssenau

Divov
Adrian I

Divov Adrian one

Elisa von
der Recke

Elisa von der Recke

Elisabeth
Christine

Elisabeth Christine in Witwentracht

Elisabeth
Sulzer

Elisabeth Sulzer

Family
Portrait

Family Portrait

Friedrich
August

Friedrich August

Friedrich
Schiller

Friedrich Schiller

George
L Gogel

George Leopold Gogel

Gotthold
Lessing

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

Henriette
Herz

Henriette Herz

Johann
Stemler

Johann Christian Stemler

Johann von
Hofenfels

Johann Christian von Hofenfels

Johann
Adelung

Johann Christoph Adelung

Johann F
Bause

Johann Friedrich Bause

Johann G
Herder

Johann Gottfried Herder

Johann J
Engel

Johann Jacob Engel

Joseph von
Racknitz

Joseph Friedrich von Racknitz

Konstancja
Rzewuska

Konstancja Rzewuska

Maria
Antonia

Maria Antonia Walpurgis of Bavaria

Moses
Mendelssohn

Moses Mendelssohn

Daniel N
Chodowiecki

Painter Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki

Christian F
Gellert

Poet Christian Furchtegott Gellert

Conrad
Ekhof

Portrait of actor Conrad Ekhof

Prince Henry
XIII

Prince Henry thirtgeen

Johann
Spalding

Provost Johann Joachim Spalding in a Housecoat

Self-
portrait

Self-portrait

Sophie
Hensel

Sophie Friederike Hensel

Johann G
Sulzer

The Philosopher Johann Georg Sulzer

Portrait of
a Man

Portrait of a Man