Anton Raphael Mengs
1728 – 1779
German painter who was perhaps the leading artist of early Neoclassicism. Mengs studied under his father in Dresden, Saxony, and then in Rome. He became painter to the Saxon court in Dresden in 1745 and executed a large number of portraits, most in brightly coloured pastels.
23 artworks in collection
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17441779
17441779
Museum
The Holy Family with the Infant St John the Baptist
Private collection1763
St John the Baptist
Private collection