Artist: Anton Raphael Mengs (1728 - 1779)
Nationality: German
Movement: Neoclassicism
Media: Painting
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Biography:
Anton Raphael Mengs began studying art at the age of twelve. He traveled to Rome and stayed there for four years. He then returned to Dresden and achieved success as a pastel portrait painter. He traveled to Rome in 1746 and began using oils and converted to Catholicism. He spent the majority of his life in Italy after that where he painted altarpieces, frescos, and Grand Tour portraits. He was admitted to the Accademia di San Luca in Rome and taught at the Accademia del Nudo.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (40)
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Anton Raphael Mengs, The Last Supper, 18th century
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Anton Raphael Mengs, Adam and Eve before God, 18th century
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Anton Raphael Mengs, Susanna and the Elders, 18th century
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The Vision of Saint Anthony of Padua Anton Raphael Mengs (German, 1728-1779)Ivory; 5 1/8 x
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Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717-1768), shortly after 1755 Anton Raphael Mengs (German, 1728-1779)Oil on canvas; 25
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Anton Raphael Mengs - Self-Portrait c. 1765-75 oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art German
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Anton Raphael Mengs - Infante Don Luis de Borbon c. 1776 oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art German
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Artist: Anton Raffael Mengs Title: Studies of Virgin and Child Date: 18th century Medium: black
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Anton Raphael Mengs - Portrait of John Viscount Garlies, later 7th Earl of Galloway, as Master of Garlies 1758 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art German
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Raphael Mengs, German, 1728-1779 The Entombment 18th century Sight: 155.6 x 118.4 cm (61 1/4
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Portrait of a Gentleman, ca. 1770 Henry Benbridge (1743-1812)AmericanWatercolor on ivory; 1 1/4 x 1
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The Chariot of Aurora Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, Venetian, 1696-1770)Oil on canvas; 35 1/2 x
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Anton Heyboer, Untitled, 1958
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The Savoyards Anton Dieffenbach (German, 1831-1904)Oil on canvas; 17 1/2 x 14 3/8 in. (44.5
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Anton Lehmden, Laxenberg, 1962
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Anton Mauve, In the Pasture, 19th century
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Anton Refregier, Untitled, 20th century
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Anton de Wael, The Prodigal Son, 17th century
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Anton de Wael, The Prodigal Son, 17th century
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Anton Heyboer, Untitled, 20th century
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Anton Overlaet, [Man with a broom], 18th century
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Anton Overlaet, [Fishermen], 18th century
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Anton Overlaet, Four men arching, 18th century
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Anton Overlaet, Four men bowling, 18th century
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Anton Lehmden, Bestie (Beast), 1962
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Anton Mˆller the Elder, Aesop, 1596
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Anton Wachsmann, Schleiermacher, 18th - 19th century
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Carl Anton Heinrich M¸cke, The Playmates, 19th century
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Anton Refregier, San Francisco ൪ Waterfront Strike, 1949
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Anton Overlaet, Old woman reading letter, 18th century
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Anton Overlaet, Old man with beard, fur trimmed coat and cap, 18th century
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Hugo Anton Fisher, St. Martin"s, 19th - 20th century
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Christian Glassbach, Christian Anton Brunneman, 18th century
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Hugo Anton Fisher, Hunter in the Forest, 19th - 20th century
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M. Knabig, Anton, King of Saxony, 19th century
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M. Knabig, Anton , King of Saxony, 19th century
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J.A.J. Wilcox , Portrait of Anton Parsons Hotaling, 19th century
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Anton Wierix, Virgin holding Child, 16th - 17th century
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Anton Wierix, Lingua Index Cordis, 16th - 17th century
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Hugo Anton Fisher, Christmas Greetings Dec. 1898, 19th - 20th century

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (3)
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Fogg Art Museum, Harvard: Timeless Beauty: Representing the Ideal in Neoclassical Drawing
Timeless Beauty examines the origins, development, and ultimate dissolution of the drawing style of extreme linearity favored by artists working in the Neoclassical mode. Beginning in the 1750’s and lasting into the early decades of the 1800’s, arti...
Museum of Fine Art Houston: Art of Rome in the 18th Century
In the 18th century, Rome's civic and religious leaders commissioned exceptional artists from throughout Europe to construct and embellish churches, palaces, fountains, public ...
Philadelphia Museum of Art: The Splendor of 18th-Century Rome
A strong sense of their city's cultural centrality encouraged Rome's 18th-century civic and religious leaders to construct or embellish numerous churches, palaces, fountains, public plazas (piazze), gardens and gallerie...

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