Hands Holding a Sword and a Tricorn
1790 · charcoal touched with white chalk on brown laid paper
overall: 29.4 x 38.4 cm (11 9/16 x 15 1/8 in.)
National Gallery of Art
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Anton Graff
Swiss, 1736–1813
Dresden
PaintingNeoclassicism
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6
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28
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2
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Anton Graff was a Saxon portrait painter and draughtsman active in Dresden during the late 18th century. His practice centered on careful observation of physiognomy, rendering individual character with precision and restraint within the formal portrait tradition. Working across paint and drawing, Graff developed a method grounded in direct study rather than idealization, establishing himself as a significant figure in Northern European portraiture of his era.
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