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Anton Raphael Mengs

German-Bohemian painter active in Dresden, Rome and Madrid (1728-1779)

1728 – 1779

Wikidata (Q76718) ↗

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Works (6)

Zeus kisses Ganymede1759
The Children of Charles III of Spain (series in the Palace of Capodimonte)—
The Children of Charles III of Spain (series in the Royal Palace of Caserta)—
Portrait of Isabel Parreño y Arce, Marquesa de Llano1771
Portrait of Julie Carlotty Mengsové1742
François, Baron de Halleberg1760

Influence

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painter, art historian

Students

Giacomo Quarenghi
Giovanni Battista Casanova
Peder Als
Mariano Salvador Maella
Gregorio Ferro
Francisco Agustín y Grande
Friedrich Wilhelm Eugen Döll
Alejandro de la Cruz
Cristóbal Vilella
Bartolomeo de Folin

Connected on Wikidata

Creator of

Portrait of Ferdinand IV
Portrait of José Nicolás de Azara
Judgement of Paris
Pope Clement XIII (1693–1769)
Portrait of Pope Clement XIII
Perseus and Andromeda
María Luisa of Parma, Princess of Asturias
Charles III
Maria Carolina of Habsburg-Lorraine, Queen of Naples
Self-portrait in a red mantle
Self-portrait
Portrait of Infante Don Luis de Borbon

Subject of

Mengs, Anton Raphael
Self-portrait in a red mantle
Self-portrait
1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Mengs, Antony Raphael
Mengs, Raphael Anton (BLKÖ)
Anton Raphael Mengs
The New International Encyclopædia/Mengs, Raphael

Depicted in

Self-portrait in a red mantle
Self-portrait
Self Portrait
Anton Raphael Mengs' grave

Parent of

Anna Maria Mengs

Child of

Ismael Israel Mengs

Anton Raphael Mengs — Anton Raphael Mengs · Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons

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Born: 22 March 1728, Ústí nad Labem
Died: 29 June 1779, Rome
Worked in: Dresden, Rome, Venice, Madrid, Naples
Genre: portrait
Field of work: painting
Position held: court painter
Awards: Order of the Golden Spur
Buried at: Rome, Anton Raphael Mengs' grave, Church of Santi Michele e Magno
artist files at: Frick Art Research Library
cause of death: tuberculosis
child: Anna Maria Mengs
depicted by: Self-portrait in a red mantle, Anton Raphael Mengs' grave
described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978), Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, BEIC Digital Library, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich, Neues allgemeines Künstler-Lexicon, Oesterreichische National-Encyklopädie, Nouvelle Biographie Générale, Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), Outstanding personalities in Dresden and their flats
family name: Mengs
father: Ismael Israel Mengs
given name: Anton, Raphaël
has works in the collection: Städel Museum, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Museo del Prado, Art Institute of Chicago, Finnish National Gallery, J. Paul Getty Museum, National Gallery of Victoria, National Gallery of Art, Nationalmuseum, National Gallery of Canada, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rijksmuseum
instance of: human
languages spoken, written or signed: German
manner of death: natural causes
sex or gender: male
sibling: Theresa Concordia Mengs, Julia Charlotte Mengs
sponsor: José Nicolás de Azara
topic's main category: Category:Anton Raphael Mengs

Authority files

VIAF ↗Library of Congress ↗GND ↗ISNI ↗ULAN ↗BnF ↗IdRef ↗

About

Anton Raphael Mengs (12 March 1728 – 29 June 1779) was a Czech-Born German Neoclassical painter of Danish descent.

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