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MENGS, Anton Raphael

MENGS, Anton Raphael Ferdinand IV, King of Naples oil painting on canvas
Ferdinand IV, King of Naples
Painting ID::  8189
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MENGS, Anton Raphael Ferdinand IV, King of Naples oil painting on canvas



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  MENGS, Anton Raphael
  German Neoclassical Painter, 1728-1779 Painter and writer, brother of Theresia Concordia Mengs. His early career was at the Dresden court; thereafter he worked principally in Rome and Madrid, notably on the frescoes at the Villa Albani and the Palacio Real respectively. As an early exponent of Neo-classicism he produced some impressive classical and religious scenes, though he was most accomplished as a portrait painter. Under the influence of Johann Joachim Winckelmann he also wrote some theoretical works, of which the most important is the Gedanken ber die Schenheit und ber den Geschmack in der Malerey (1762). Although acclaimed during his lifetime
  Ferdinand IV, King of Naples
  1760 Oil on canvas, 179 x 130 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid

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