Art, literature & historyVICTOR-AMEDEE III, ROI DE SARDAIGNE (1726-1796)
Anton Raphael Mengs · 2e moitié 18e siècle
Anton Raphael Mengs: 1728–1779
Other names (43)
Anthon Raphael Mengs, Antoine Raphael Mengs, Antonio Rafael Mengs, Antonio Raffaele Mengz, Antonio Raphael Mengs, Anton Rafael Mengs, Anton Raffael Mengs, Anton Raphaël Mengs, Anton Raph. Mengs, anton r. mengs, A. Raphael Mengs, A. R. Mengs, B. Mengs, Cav.e Antonio mengs, Cav. Mengs, Chevalier Mengs, Chev. Mengs, dit Le Chevalier Mengs Antoine Raphael, ^Idit^R Le Chevalier Mengs Antoine Raphael, Le Ch. Raphaël Mengs, Meins, Meng, Menges, Mengs, mengs r., mengs raphael, Mengzs, premier Peintre du Roi d'Espagne Mings, rafael mengs, Raffaele Mengs, Raffaele Morghen, Raffaelle Mengs, Raffael Mengs, Ralph Mengs, raphael anton mengs, Raphael Menghs, Raphael Minx, Raphel Mengs, Raphl. Menghs, Raphl. Mengs, Raph. Mengs, Rap. Mienks, R. Mengs
Biography
Anton Raphael Mengs (12 March 1728 – 29 June 1779) was a Czech-Born German Neoclassical painter of Danish descent.
Mengs was born on 12 March 1728, at Ústí nad Labem in the Kingdom of Bohemia, the son of Ismael Mengs, a Danish-born painter who eventually established himself at Dresden, where the court of Electorate of Saxony and Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth electors and kings was. His older sister, Therese Concordia Maron, was also a painter, as was his younger sister, Julia.
His and Therese's births in Bohemia were mere coincidence. Their mother was not their father's wife; Ismael carried on a years-long affair with the family's housekeeper, Charlotte Bormann. In an effort to conceal the births of two illegitimate children, Ismael took Charlotte, under the pretext of "vacations", to the nearest bigger town abroad, Ústí nad Labem (90 km upstream of the Elbe river). At least in Anton's case, Ismael Mengs took his baby and Charlotte back to Dresden a few weeks after the birth. There they lived for the next 13 years.
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Artworks by year
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Museums & collections
Documented holdings of works attributed to Anton Raphael Mengs. Check the museum’s record for current display information.
- Museo Nacional del Prado28 recorded works
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art6 recorded works
- Statens Museum for Kunst (SMK)5 recorded works
- Musée du Louvre2 recorded works
- National Gallery of Art2 recorded works
- Pinacoteca Ambrosiana2 recorded works
- Art Institute of Chicago1 recorded work
- musée des beaux-arts — Béziers1 recorded work
- musée des beaux-arts — Nîmes1 recorded work
- National Museum Cardiff1 recorded work
- Sinebrychoff Art Museum1 recorded work
- The Cleveland Museum of Art1 recorded work
- Walters Art Museum1 recorded work
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- National Gallery of Art
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- Pantheon 2025 — Datawheel (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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- Statens Museum for Kunst (SMK)
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- Expanded artwork research — official museum evidence
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- Louvre painter identity and WikiArt profile links