#anton raphael mengs

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Helios as Personification of Midday, Hesperus as Personification of the Evening, and Diana as Personification of the Night (c.1765, oil on canvas) | Anton Raphael Mengs

[history-of-fashion]

1767 Anton Raphael Mengs - Javier of Bourbon and Saxony, Infante of Spain

(Museo del Prado)

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Pleasure c.1754

Anton Raphael Mengs (German, Ústi nad Labem (Aussig) 1728–1779 Rome)

[paintingispoetry]

Anton Raphael Mengs, The Dream of St. Joseph detail, ca. 1773-4

[classic-art-favourites]

Isabel de Parreno y Arche, Marquesa de Llano by Anton Raphael Mengs, 1770-1775.

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Self-portrait, 1779

Anton Raphael Mengs

[christliche-kunstwerke]

Die Anbetung der Hirten, c.1770 von Anton Raphael Mengs (1770, oil on wood)

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anton raphael mengs, c. 1754.

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Antonio Rafael Mengs: Noli me tangere (ca. 1768

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St. John the Baptist Preaching in the Wilderness - Anton Raphael Mengs

[stigmatam4rtyr]

Christ on the Cross (c.1765-1768, oil on panel) | Anton Raphael Mengs

[history-of-fashion]

1578 Adriaen Thomasz Key - Portrait of a man

(Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent)

[artthatgivesmefeelings]

Anton Raphael Mengs (German, 1728-1779) Maria Luisa Of Parma, 1765

Maria Luisa of Parma was the daughter of Philip, Duke of Parma. She married her first cousin Charles IV, King of Spain in 1765 and became Princess of Asturia. The couple had fourteen children, six of which survived into adulthood. She was the wife of Charles IV, King of Spain (1788-1808) during the turbulent period of the French Revolution. Lacking qualities of leadership himself, Charles entrusted the government (1792) to Manuel de Godoy, a protégé (and lover) of the queen, Maria Luisa.

The unfinished painting, showing the young princess at the age of 15, is a study, the final painting is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

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María Luisa of Parma, Princess of Asturias, circa 1765 Anton Raphael Mengs (1728–1779, German)

Maria Luisa of Parma (Luisa Maria Teresa Anna; 9 December 1751 – 2 January 1819) was, by marriage to King Charles IV of Spain, Queen of Spain from 1788 to 1808 leading up to the Peninsular War. She was rivals with the Duchess of Alba and the Duchess of Osuna, attracting popular attention. The death of her daughter-in-law Princess Maria Antonia of Naples and Sicily, whom she disliked, was said to be the poisoning by the Queen. María Luisa was notoriously reputed to have had many love affairs. The most infamous of them was with the prime minister Manuel de Godoy, whom contemporary gossip singled out in particular as a long-time lover. Maria Luisa was interested in music and art, and known as a protector of artists, most notably Francisco Goya. In 1792, the Royal Order of Noble Ladies of Queen Maria Luisa was founded on her suggestion, to reward noble women who distinguished themselves for their services and talents. As such, it was established as an honour reserved only for women. Blanca Portillo acted Maria Luisa's role in 'Goya's Ghosts'.

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Infanta Maria Josefa of Spain by Anton Raphael Mengs, 1761-1769.

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Attributed to Anton Raphael Mengs - Christ carrying the Cross