Anton Raphael Mengs
(1728–1779) German-Bohemian painter active in Dresden, Rome and Madrid (1728-1779)
Anton Raphael Mengs (1728–1779) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Anton Raphael Mengs belongs to the chapter ‘Rococo’ in this site’s history of art.
Anton Raphael Mengs was born in Ústí nad Labem and died in Rome. Anton Raphael Mengs worked in Dresden, Rome, Venice, and Madrid. Anton Raphael Mengs was awarded Order of the Golden Spur. The students included Giovanni Battista Casanova, Gregorio Ferro, Peder Als, and Alejandro de la Cruz.
The best-known works include ‘François, Baron de Halleberg’, ‘Portrait of Isabel Parreño y Arce, Marquesa de Llano’, ‘Portrait of Julie Carlotty Mengsové’, and ‘The Children of Charles III of Spain (series in the Palace of Capodimonte)’. The works belong mainly to the genre portrait. The catalogue has 142 works by Anton Raphael Mengs with free images. The dated works span the years 1701–1800. Works by Anton Raphael Mengs are held by several collections, among them Pradomuseet, Dresdens nationella konstsamlingar, Hermitage Museum, and Statens Museum for Kunst. Wikidata links 4 works to movements covered in the chapter ‘The Baroque’.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Giovanni Battista Cipriani, Thomas Gainsborough, Tadeusz Kuntze, Francesco Casanova, and Nicolas Guy Brenet.