Monday, January 10, 2011

Anton Raphael Mengs - Self-Portrait [1774-75]


Anton Raphael Mengs (March 12, 1728 – June 29, 1779) was a German painter, active in Rome, Madrid and Saxony, who became one of the precursors to Neoclassical painting. He died in Rome in June 1779 and was buried in the Roman Church of Santi Michele e Magno.

[Pastel, 55 x 42 cm]

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