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Oil On
Canvas, Real Flavor of Old Masters
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MENGS, Anton Raphael
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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
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Allegory of History (mk08) new7/MENGS, Anton Raphael-464786.jpg Painting ID:: 21949
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c.1772/73
Fresco,
420x260cm
Rome,Vatican,Biblioteca Vaticana,Sala dei Papiri |
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