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1728 Usti nad Labem, Bohemia, (now Czech Republic) - 1779 Rome, Italy. Known for: Neoclassical portrait, figure painting, fresco murals.
Anton Raphael Mengs (March 22, 1728 – June 29, 1779) was a German (Saxon) painter, active in Dresden, Rome and Madrid, who while painting in the Rococo* period of the mid-18th century became one of... Read full biography
Anton Raphael Mengs (March 22, 1728 – June 29, 1779) was a German (Saxon) painter, active in Dresden, Rome and Madrid, who while painting in the Rococo* period of the mid-18th century became one of the precursors to Neoclassical* painting, which replaced Rococo as the dominant painting style. Mengs... Read full biography
Anton Raphael Mengs (March 22, 1728 – June 29, 1779) was a German (Saxon) painter, active in Dresden, Rome and Madrid, who while painting in the Rococo* period of the mid-18th century became one of the precursors to Neoclassical* painting, which replaced Rococo as the dominant painting style. Mengs was born in 1728 at Ústí nad Labem (German: Aussig) in the Kingdom of Bohemia, the son of Ismael Mengs [da], a Danish painter who eventually established himself at Dresden, where the court of... Read full biography
Anton Raphael Mengs (March 22, 1728 – June 29, 1779) was a German (Saxon) painter, active in Dresden, Rome and Madrid, who while painting in the Rococo* period of the mid-18th century became one of the precursors to Neoclassical* painting, which replaced Rococo as the dominant painting style. Mengs was born in 1728 at Ústí nad Labem (German: Aussig) in the Kingdom of Bohemia, the son of Ismael Mengs [da], a Danish painter who eventually established himself at Dresden, where the court of Saxonian-Polish electors and kings was. His older sister, Therese Maron, was also a painter, as was his younger sister, Julia. His and Therese's births in Bohemia were mere coincidence. Their mother was not their father's wife; Ismael carried on a... Read full biography
Anton Raphael Mengs (March 22, 1728 – June 29, 1779) was a German (Saxon) painter, active in Dresden, Rome and Madrid, who while painting in the Rococo* period of the mid-18th century became one of the precursors to Neoclassical* painting, which replaced Rococo as the dominant painting style. Mengs was born in 1728 at Ústí nad Labem (German: Aussig) in the Kingdom of Bohemia, the son of Ismael Mengs [da], a Danish painter who eventually established himself at Dresden, where the court of Saxonian-Polish electors and kings was. His older sister, Therese Maron, was also a painter, as was his younger sister, Julia. His and Therese's births in Bohemia were mere coincidence. Their mother was not their father's wife; Ismael carried on a years-long affair with the family's housekeeper, Charlotte Bormann. In an effort to conceal the births of two illegitimate children, Ismael took C... Read full biography
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- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Portrait Specialty
- •Royal Court Painter and/or Sculptor