"The Theatre Considered as a Moral Institution" was an essay delivered by playwright Friedrich Schiller on 26 June 1784 to the Deutschen Gesellschaft society. The essay was later published.
Portrait of Schiller by Anton Graff, c. 1786–91
Anton Graff was a Swiss portrait artist.
The Theatre Considered as a Moral Institution
…Portrait of Schiller by Anton Graff, c. 1786–91 "The Theatre Considered as a Moral Institution" (German: "Die Schaubühne als eine moralische Anstalt betrachtet") was an essay delivered…
Frederick the Great, King of Prussia (1781). This portrait is regarded as Graff's masterpiece. Contemporaries claimed it was the best, most accurate portrait of Frederick. It is the most famous, copied and reproduced portrait of the King.[citation needed]
Anton Graff self-portrait 1805, Gallery of Old Masters, Dresden
Elisabeth Sulzer, née Reinhart (1765/66). Sulzer and Oskar Reinhart have common ancestors; Reinhart was a patron of the arts and collector.