1770
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
H Beard Print Collection is a 1770 by Anton Graff, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
You see a portrait of a woman in a circular frame with flowers, a mask, and a crown. The woman is dressed in a low-cut dress with fur trim and pearls in her hair. She's wearing a lot of jewelry and her hair is styled nicely. The portrait is of Christiane Henriette Kock, an actress, dressed as Pelopia. To learn more about this style of portrait, look up the technique: sfumato.
An engraving depicts Christiane Henriette Kock in the role of Pelopia, framed within a circular garland of flowers, beneath which a mask and crown are displayed. She is shown wearing a low-cut dress adorned with fur trim, while strings of pearls decorate her hair and gown.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Anton Graff (18 November 1736 – 22 June 1813) was a Swiss portrait artist. Among his famous subjects were Friedrich Schiller, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Heinrich von Kleist, Frederick the Great, Friederike Sophie…
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