Anton Raphael Mengs (1728–1779)

The @museodelprado.es #Mengs exhibition looks to have been incredibly solid - scholarly, entertaining, unexpected. He's an extraordinary talent who, from Rome, shaped so much of northern Europe's enlightenment art.
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José Nicolas de Azara, por #Mengs Posa con un libro abierto entre sus dedos como si hubiera sido interrumpido en la lectura y apoyado sobre una mesa. Posiblemente fue quien presentara a Goya y a Rafael Mengs
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Qué bien ilustra el @museodelprado.es la trayectoria y la obra de #Mengs para concluir lo que se hace tan evidente en la muestra, que el artista fue un representarte del #Neoclásico y este modo de reinterpretar a los clásicos
¡No os la perdáis!

Painting the first month of the New Year January is named after the Roman god of transitions, Janus, and is the first month of the New Year. Or is it? Classical civilisations more usually started their year in Spring, and what's this about Juno?

Sketch detail version of Mengs and/or Casanova's "Jupiter Kissing Ganymede", 1758

Sketch version of Mengs and/or Casanova's "Jupiter Kissing Ganymede", 1758

“Jupiter Kissing Ganymede”
Mengs and/or Casanova (Anton Raphael Mengs and/or Giovanni Battista Casanova), 1758
Gallerie Nazionali Palazzo Barberini, Rome, Italy
8.25 x 5 in (21,5 x 12,7 cm)
Ink markers and watercolor on plain 70 G/M² sketchbook paper
10/11/24
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Anton Raphael #Mengs (1728-79)
Portrait of #MariaLuisaofParma (1751-1819), Queen of Spain, who was #BornOnThisDay
ca. 1765-9
Museo del Prado
#BourbonParma #Bourbon

Anton Raphael #Mengs (1728-79)
Portrait of #MariaLuisaofParma (1751-1819), Queen of Spain, who was #BornOnThisDay
1766
Museo del Prado
#BourbonParma #Bourbon

Raphael #Mengs (1728-79),
Portrait of #MariaLuisaofSpain (1745-92), Holy Roman Empress, who was #BornOnThisDay
1770
Museo del Prado
#Bourbon #Habsburg

Raphael #Mengs (1728-79),
Portrait of #MariaLuisaofSpain (1745-92), Holy Roman Empress, who was #BornOnThisDay
ca. 1764-5
Kunsthistorisches Museum
#Bourbon #Habsburg

Exlibris del cardenal Francesco Saverio de Zelada (1717-1801) –aquí retratado por #Mengs– sobre unas guardas de papel #dominoté. #C18

Medalla en honor de José Nicolás de Azara, acuñada en Roma en 1796. El diplomático #Azara editó en 1780 los escritos dispersos de Antonio Rafael #Mengs en español y en Italiano, aparecidos en paralelo en la Imprenta Real de Madrid y la Stamperia Reale de Parma a cargo de #Bodoni #C18

This self portrait by German painter Therese Concordia Maron (née Mengs) is set against a soft gray-green background. She turns slightly right yet meets our gaze with full pink lips closed and cheeks rosy. A sheer bright white bonnet with crisp ruffled edge and faint floral pattern frames her head and ties under the chin in a wide, powder-blue bow. A gauzy white shawl is wrapped over a warm brown dress, opening in a shallow V at the chest. Light from the left models smooth pale skin and catches the bonnet’s texture as shadows fall gently. The mood is calm, direct, and intimate. Mengs (1725–1806) was born into an artistic family in Dresden, the older sister of celebrated neoclassical painter Anton Raphael Mengs. Trained by their father, Ismael Mengs, she was one of the few European women in the mid-18th century to build a professional career as a painter in a field dominated by men. At the time she created this self-portrait, likely in the 1740s when she was just 19 or 20, Dresden was a flourishing cultural center under the Elector of Saxony, where court patronage and cosmopolitan artistic exchange shaped her development. In the portrait, she presents herself with quiet confidence, framed by a soft bonnet and delicate blue bow, suggesting refinement and self-awareness, but also a sense of artistic independence. Like her younger brother, she excelled in pastel portraiture, mastering subtle modeling of flesh and fabric, a skill that aligned with Enlightenment ideals of clarity and naturalism. Her career moved between Dresden and Rome, where she connected with intellectual and artistic circles that included Winckelmann and leading antiquarians. Though she never reached her brother’s renown, Therese Concordia’s work was respected, and her portraits circulated among patrons who valued her sensitive depictions. By painting herself with dignity and artistic poise, she reminds us of the resilience and talent of women who pursued professional artistry in a restrictive age.

Selbstbildnis (Self-portrait) by Therese Concordia Mengs (German) - Pastel on blue paper over canvas / c. 1744-1745 - Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden (Germany) #WomenInArt #WomensArt #WomanArtist #artText #art #artwork #ThereseConcordiaMengs #ThereseMaron #Mengs #StaatlicheKunstsammlungenDresden

Jean-Baptiste #Greuze (1725–1805)
Portrait of #LouisdeSilvestre (1675-1760), who was #BornOnThisDay
ca. 1754
Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
#Mengs #Silvestre

#MauriceQuentindeLaTour (1704–1788)
Portrait of #LouisdeSilvestre (1675-1760), who was #BornOnThisDay
1753
Getty Center
#Mengs #Silvestre

#AntonRaphaelMengs (1728-79)
Portrait of #LouisdeSilvestre (1675-1760), who was #BornOnThisDay
ca. 1745
Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando
#Mengs #Silvestre

Anton Raphael #Mengs (1728-79)
Portrait of Infante #GabrielofSpain (1752-88), who was #BornOnThisDay
1767
Museo del #Prado
#Bourbon

Anton Raphael #Mengs (1728-79)
Portrait of #FerdinandIII, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1769-1824), who was #BornOnThisDay, with his sister Maria Anna (1770-1809)
1770
#PalazzoPitti
#Habsburg

Anton Raphael #Mengs (1728-79)
Portrait of #FerdinandIII, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1769-1824), who was #BornOnThisDay, with his sister Maria Anna (1770-1809)
1770
Museo del #Prado
#Habsburg

Attributed to Anton Raphael #Mengs (1728-79)
Portrait of #CharlesMarieBonaparte (1746-85), who was #BornOnThisDay
ca. 1766-79
#MaisonBonaparte
#Bonaparte #CarloBuonaparte

Medalla en honor de Antonio Rafael #Mengs, “Pictor philosophvs”, encargada por José Nicolás de #Azara al grabador en hueco Schwendimann tras la muerte del pintor en Roma #C18

Un cuadro en busca y captura: el Prado pide ayuda para encontrar una obra perdida de Mengs El museo madrileño envía un SOS a través de las redes sociales españolas e italianas para hallar una ‘Santa Cecilia’ desaparecida hace 25 años para una exposición que prepara

Un cuadro en busca y captura: el Prado pide ayuda para encontrar una obra perdida de Mengs.
El museo madrileño envía un SOS a través de las redes sociales.
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#SantaCatalina

El @museodelprado.es envía un SOS a través de las redes sociales españolas e italianas para hallar una #SantaCecilia de Anton Raphael #Mengs desaparecida hace 25 años para una exposición que prepara elpais.com/cultura/2025...

“The Adoration of the Shepherds.” Anton Raphael Mengs (German; 1728–1779). Oil on oak panel, 1770. Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, Spain.

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"The Adoration of the Shepherds.” Anton Raphael Mengs (German; 1728–1779). Oil on oak panel, 1770. Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, Spain.

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“Helios as the Personification of Midday.” Anton Raphael Mengs (German; 1728–1779). Oil on canvas, 1765. Galeria de las Colecciones Reales, Madrid, Spain.

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