Pierre Louis Henri Grevedon

Grevedon was a Parisian portraitist who kept a tiny mirror on his easel so he could sneak glances at his own face between brushstrokes—useful when the sitter fidgeted. He once drew Beethoven with a pencil so light it looked like the composer’s own shadow had stepped off the page. See it for yourself in *Portretul lui Ludwig van Beethoven*; the soft hatching makes the music still hang in the air.