DETAILS
- Artist
- Anton Raphael Mengs
- Date
- 1728
- Medium
- red and black chalk
- Location
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Dimensions
- [object Object]
- Collection
- Drawings
- Culture
- Germany, 18th century
- Credit line
- The Norweb Collection
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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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