DETAILS
- Artist
- Anton Raphael Mengs
- Date
- 1747
- Location
- Art Institute of Chicago
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Anton Raphael Mengs
Anton Raphael Mengs was a German Neoclassical painter who served as court painter to Frederick Augustus, Elector of Saxony, and King Charles III of Spain.
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