GRAFF, Anton
(b. 1736, Winterthur, d. 1813, Dresden)

Heinrich XIII, Graf Reuss

1775
Oil on canvas, 113 x 84 cm
Neue Pinakothek, Munich

The Reuss family named every male born within it "Heinrich" for centuries. The "Elder Line", the Grafen Reuss zu Greiz, Untergreiz, und Obergreiz, were elevated to princely status in 1778. The sitter of this portrait, Heinrich XIII (1747-1817) belonged to the Elder Line.