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Self-Portrait before an Easel

A work made of etching in black on cream laid paper.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of etching in black on cream laid paper.

Date:

c. 1787

Artist:

Anton Graff
German, born Switzerland, 1736-1813

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Anton Graff

Title

Self-Portrait before an Easel

Place

Germany (Artist's nationality:)

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1782–1792

Medium

Etching in black on cream laid paper

Dimensions

Image: 17.7 × 12.4 cm (7 × 4 15/16 in.); Plate: 18.2 × 12.7 cm (7 3/16 × 5 in.); Sheet: 24.8 × 19.7 cm (9 13/16 × 7 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

Purchased with funds provided by the Searle Family Trust and Anne Searle Meers (Bent)

Reference Number

1989.26

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