Mengs, Anton Raphael (1728 Aussig - 1779 Rome) attr.

Lot 1821 limit € 2.000

Pastel, "Madonna della Seggiola" after the 1514 painting by Raffael (1483-1520), unsigned, dated 1743, behind glass in a heavy gilded stucco frame from the 19th century (best.), round image section with a D of approx. 70 cm, total dimensions approx. 93 x 90 cm, cf. Lit.: Gregori: Uffizi and Palazzo Pitti, painting collections of Florence, color ill. 213, portrait and history painter, pastelist, pupil of his father Ismael Mengs, 1741-44 in Rome mainly copying the works of the Italian Renaissance, 1746 court painter and 1751 chief court painter at the court in Dresden, from 1752 member of the Academia di San Luca in Rome and 1770-73 its director, 1760 court painter to King Charles III. of Spain, active in Madrid 1762-69 and 1774-77, works in numerous international museums