Ferdinand von Rayski : Mit einer Farbentafel; vierundachtzig Bildtafeln; sechzehn Textabbildungen
A 1923 German art monograph by Otto Grautoff, published in Berlin by G. Grote'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, devoted to the 19th-century portraitist Ferdinand von Rayski and reproducing his paintings as halftone plates. The pictures are grey, tonal reproductions of half-length male portraits in dark coats, cravats and waistcoats, painted against shadowy backgrounds. A designer could take from them the restrained palette, soft chiaroscuro and formal bust-length framing typical of mid-century German portraiture.
