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Anton Raphael Mengs

German painter of the eighteenth century, considered one of the leading theorists and practitioners of European Neoclassicism. He worked in Rome, Madrid and Dresden, and was court painter to the kings of Spain. His friendship with Winckelmann reinforced his role in spreading classicist taste.

Works
4
Years
1764–1777
As prints
4
The Adoration of the Shepherds, Anton Raphael MengsThe Adoration of the ShepherdsAnton Raphael Mengs, 1764From €29Portrait of the Infante Don Luis de Borbón, Anton Raphael MengsPortrait of the Infante Don Luis de BorbónAnton Raphael Mengs, 1776From €29Self-Portrait, Anton Raphael MengsSelf-PortraitAnton Raphael Mengs, 1776From €29Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717–1768), Anton Raphael MengsJohann Joachim Winckelmann (1717–1768)Anton Raphael Mengs, 1777From €29

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