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Anton Raphael Mengs

Anton Raphael Mengs was a German Neoclassical painter.

Palette: #8B6745 #544939 #3E2616 #CBA67B #60371D #BA8546 #895322 #B0532F

  • Johann Joachim Winckelmann (ca. 1777): #362A10 #2D1606 #5A3F1F #49270A #7F5C2C #976A4E
  • Portrait of Infante Don Luis de Borbon (ca. 1776): #3D3625 #2A271D #776F5D #80663A #5E4E2D #534E42
  • Portrait of José Nicolás de Azara, Marquis of Nibbiano (after 1774): #4C4732 #0D0A06 #001321 #002A3C #322B1B #957057
  • Portret van Doña Isabel Parreño Arce Ruiz de Alarcón y Valdes, Marquesa de Llano (1771): #595844 #3B3828 #797154 #1F1F1B #A4A084 #584932
  • Portrait of Pope Clement XIII (1759): #271C18 #624224 #5C1817 #3F1916 #901616 #746949
  • Loth Med Sine Døtre (1743-79): #735F41 #4B3C28 #9C8861 #30261C
  • Joosefin Uni: #352116 #3B3027 #502B13 #C0B29B #857A63 #231D1B
  • Pope Clement XIII by (Museo del Settecento Veneziano): #73522F #605850 #792314 #B8B4B5 #121112 #5A180E
  • Latona with Her Children Apollo and Diana (1769): #1F2128 #E4D9D0 #B9A490 #5F2B20 #45231B #8F251F
  • Portrait du Cardinal Alberico Archinto (1756): #292221 #B12A25 #3F0E0D #2E0E0E #561211 #701413
  • Carlos III de España (Post): #8E8572 #262424 #605B4E #414039 #100D11 #C08254
  • Anton-Raphael Mengs, Autoritratto (2019): #261F16 #9A6632 #150E08 #3E3223 #D19E5C #6B5646
  • Anton-Raphael Mengs, Ritratto Virile (2019): #261D18 #AD7F54 #372112 #120C0A #7B4D29 #4E2813
  • Carlos III (Haci): #835E41 #3F2B2A #613F34 #B19066 #161222 #D4C09F
  • Descent: #3C3223 #9A7B53 #62503A #312110 #4D371D #DDB274
  • George, 3rd Earl Cowper (1738-89): #3C2F24 #664E32 #2B4053 #AF805E #CCAC8E #A34128
  • Selbstbildnis (1773): #403A34 #2E2725 #704437 #4D322D #C69A7C #A1745A
  • The Dream of St. Joseph: #3B1907 #C39871 #27180D #8C522B #57270C #7E6145
  • Anton Raphael Mengs, Ritratto di Georg Clavering Nassau, Lord Fordwich, Terzo Conte di Cowper, 1770-73 Ca (ca. 1770-73): #0D0C09 #250B05 #322919 #64594A #4A3E2C #561B0D
  • Anton Raphael Mengs, Ritratto di George Clavering Nassau, Lord Forwich, Terzo Conte di Cowper (1770-73): #1E1C17 #8F6A39 #49190B #5F3E1B #68210F #29150C
  • The Archduke Francis of Austria as a Child (1770): #600503 #4C0402 #3D0302 #724712 #55330F #8E641C
  • Portrait of Cardinal Alberico Archinto (1756): #120409 #491015 #611218 #7B1119 #CF0619 #970E1A
  • Carlos III con el Hábito de su Orden: #46391D #7B7247 #291E13 #4A1E14 #B77D49 #D6D5B8
  • Charles III of Spain: #1A191F #5D5D5B #35201A #414142 #593022 #74402E
  • Ferdinand IV of Naples (1760): #25231C #423C2A #6D684F #0E1315 #969179 #544522
  • Infanta Maria Luisa of Spain in a Painting By (1764): #20111C #BA9C7C #DAC3B5 #302022 #93734B #3E2922
  • La Virgen del Niño Jesús Dormido, Antonio Rafael Mengs (2022): #343131 #392419 #C9C0B4 #543929 #966D43 #6D4C33
  • Maria Josefa de Lorena, Archduchess of Austria (1767): #21211A #071C2A #444338 #78786D #3D2D1C #A9A4A0
  • Maria Józefa Habsburżanka (1750): #D1C8B7 #39391F #B8A58E #7C6D54 #B58C75 #0A0802
  • La Oración en el Huerto (1769): #1E1C13 #363B45 #412A18 #5B361C #2E2113 #AA6832
  • Pleasure: #A67847 #C4A988 #7E532D #6F5238 #947B5B #5C3619
  • Portrait of José Nicolás de Azara (1774): #564F43 #262019 #223341 #171B1F #3B3429 #4C2F1F
  • Portrait of Julie Carlotty Mengsové (1742): #7B7965 #DCD5BB #B7A987 #9B8360 #5C5444
  • The Immaculate Conception (1770): #B25D2B #C1A379 #874626 #8F6F49 #6C5333 #D19468
  • Madonna della Sedia (1770): #38240D #110E0A #C39A6D #C17B45 #6C471E #5B756D
  • Pope Clement XIII (1769): #856C44 #29251C #5D361E #5F4A2A #44321F #BDA170
  • Portrait of Pope Clement XIII (1759): #251A17 #704624 #978966 #472919 #655639 #761716
  • Portrait of Ferdinand IV (1759): #27231E #423E36 #4A3122 #716854 #192737 #A4957D
  • Portrait of Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1777): #362910 #2E1605 #4A280D #90664A #805F26 #503E1F
  • Pleasure (1754): #7E532D #AA7B4A #A28664 #D1B797 #725C42 #583113
  • Portrait of the Artist's Father, Ismael Mengs (1747): #2D1F0C #231507 #62472E #977656
  • Portrait of Cardinal Zelada (1773): #555856 #D5D0C5 #B8AEA6 #D13E39 #231D1B #9A8380
  • Portrait of King Charles III of Spain (1765): #512F1A #7C4B23 #362E21 #35230F #675B45 #784A35
  • Self-Portrait in a Red Mantle (1744): #64583D #453B2A #826637 #DCC2A5 #322A22 #634926
  • Ismael Mengs, the Father of the Artist (1744): #473832 #A68471 #695C52 #887B72 #352925 #72503B
  • The Holy Family (1760): #2F2115 #4B3A22 #090807 #968554 #C0C0C0 #685831
  • Annunciation to Mary (1760): #141816 #8F7144 #63563F #242219 #45321F #3A392E
  • Portrait of Maria Luisa of Spain (1764): #D5BA9B #382B10 #886E1B #211106 #A18E69 #57502D
  • Madonna with Child and Two Angels (1771): #291D0E #7A5033 #D2A281 #3C2F1A #191B1C #A77254
  • The Dream of St. Joseph (1773): #3E1B08 #27170C #663213 #A2643A #AD8D6C #7D6144
  • Peter the Apostle (1773): #75683A #14110B #4B4020 #A99560 #C0881D #D3A624
  • Saint John the Baptist Preaching in the Wilderness (1760): #1B110F #2A2113 #433C1F #3D2E12 #515C4B #984620
  • Prince James Francis Edward Stuart (1740): #191211 #6D512D #202A33 #39281B #483B27 #553118
  • Descent (1761): #3A3121 #63503A #9B7C54 #422E18 #D4A567 #756C68
  • Portrait of Thomas Hutten-Czapski (1740): #252524 #4A4741 #013253 #916E4A #898A81 #C4987F
  • Adoration of the Shepherds (1764): #352C24 #62452D #23211E #5B5644 #816E4D #B9A583
  • Portrait of a Woman (1750): #604D2F #31251B #B28F64 #846E4A #321713 #452319
  • Crown Prince Frederick Christian of Saxony (1751): #1E1E1D #423D33 #5E6257 #E0C4A2 #B99D7C #99795C
  • Portrait of Maria Carolina of Austria (1772): #181613 #1C0C0A #312F28 #716E68 #A8A59F #410E08
  • Portrait of Carlota Joaquina of Spain (1775): #6C6056 #9D958A #D4CEC3 #3A3432 #450B0A #5F0E05
  • Portrait of Pope Clement XIII Rezzonico (1758): #4D2E18 #261C15 #3C130C #362417 #6F391A #9B744F
  • Portrait of Clement XIII Rezzonico (1758): #C9C6C5 #7F5A32 #7C7977 #591A10 #59422C #892C1C
  • Architect and His Muse. Portrait of James Caulfield, Lord Charlemont: #2E1B0D #46341C #8F6D47 #613F20 #733013 #4C1E0B
  • Portrait de Henry Edward Stuart, Cardinal Duc D'Yorck (1756): #4E2B0B #984B1B #A47C4B #704F28 #DCB27F #3A2109
  • Saint Eusebius Carried to Heaven (1757): #A48C68 #5F4830 #D5B587 #7A6D55 #383125 #54564A
  • Richard Wilson (1752): #352321 #3A352C #221C1E #585138 #52362B #79714C
  • The School of Athens (After Raphael) (1755): #878C7F #4B4C3F #E5E8DB #5E3221 #95664B #0B0505
  • William Fermor (1757): #201617 #342B23 #591012 #584E3A #A38167 #331715
  • The Infant Christ Appearing to Saint Anthony of Padua (1765): #DABF8B #08090C #B08C64 #453836 #1D1B1D #74584B
  • The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John (1765): #1B1D22 #B4988A #342C2C #54473E #835141 #472D2A
  • Giuseppe Franchi (1731-1806) with a Bust of Homer (1772): #2E2319 #563F28 #886A46 #42362A #E3B179 #B48B5B
  • George Harry Grey, 5th Earl of Stamford (1760): #A22305 #7A5919 #090504 #52360B #6C0403 #820704
  • Robert Stewart, 1st Marquess of Londonderry (1728-79): #22211A #3E3D30 #472918 #6C3921 #342317 #5A584B
  • Octavian and Cleopatra (1759): #2C1F15 #45361E #6D5B2B #151008 #8A7438 #B39A4F
  • Self-Portrait (1773): #1D1B17 #3D3829 #5B4026 #885325 #3B291C #C07E31
  • Portrait of a Man (1800): #181611 #39301A #2B261C #332106 #9F8256 #755C37
  • Portrait of Johann Dietrich Heumann (1755): #5C3A28 #42211A #865C39 #612521 #AD584C #D3A279
  • Maria Luisa of Parma (1765): #4D433D #201B18 #CBAC99 #9A826B #322C28 #6F4234
  • Archduke Ferdinand and Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (1770): #3E1F1C #1F1E18 #5F3936 #776E64 #553414 #4C1918
  • Portrait of Infante Don Luis de Borbon (1776): #332E20 #4C4330 #655130 #676050 #89816F #8C7142
  • Joseph's Dream (1779): #352014 #C5B69E #372D25 #8B7F68 #542E15 #211C1A
  • Portrait of John Viscount Garlies, Later 7th Earl of Galloway, as Master of Garlies (1758): #19130B #372F1D #361E11 #63583A #582F17 #BA8349
  • Portrait of Johann Joachim Winckelmann (?) (1774): #1B1213 #352518 #4F3520 #BE8A54 #6D4A2A #956C3D
  • Perseus and Andromeda (1778): #24151D #D8A781 #895D3D #462C26 #62412D #B58360
  • Sir James Gray (1761): #4D4741 #74614F #997C58 #35302B
  • George, Third Earl Cowper (1769): #433527 #30251F #2A4053 #C59E7F #634E33 #916946
  • Prince of Asturias, Future Charles IV of Spain (1765): #24241E #7A766B #3C3C2D #56533C #4D6F87 #B39151
  • María Luisa of Parma, Princess of Asturias (1765): #8B8062 #201D1B #4C4633 #7F8C86 #BAB190 #E2D7B1
  • Charles III (1765): #28272C #5C5C59 #131219 #301B17 #70412D #945546
  • Ferdinand IV, King of Naples (1760): #27251E #413F2F #615E48 #87846D #3F301A #071E35
  • Head of an Apostle (1764): #9F7751 #3F3627 #5F4932 #7F6648 #CC8859 #B79B76
  • Maria Amalia of Saxony (1761): #1F1E1D #393732 #565650 #69352C #934239 #94877D
  • Maria Josefa de Lorena, Archduchess of Austria (1767): #22221B #071D2C #7C7C71 #404034 #37271B #4A391F
  • Infante Francisco Javier of Spain (1767): #444331 #1D180A #592E0E #322918 #857667 #080C05
  • Antonio Pascual de Borbón y Sajonia, Infante of Spain (1767): #0D0409 #7D7371 #342629 #825E45 #544849 #A99A91
  • The Penitent Magdalene (1765): #2C291E #65462F #412C1F #906B4E #BB9459 #9C7037
  • Gabriel de Borbón y Sajonia, Infante of Spain (1767): #111112 #998C78 #483F28 #282216 #6D6348 #7B5C16
  • Leopoldo de Lorena, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1770): #171511 #4B442F #9C8155 #2F2B1E #C4B083 #9A3118
  • Maria Luisa of Spain (1770): #291811 #6C6954 #474939 #411512 #999079 #C6AE93
  • The Adoration of the Shepherds (1770): #201C1C #6B523C #3F3933 #09090B #605A53 #B69F87
  • The Archduke Francis of Austria as a Child (1770): #4A0301 #640804 #885C1F #63370F #0C0605 #360301
  • St John the Baptist in the Desert (1774): #765E46 #4F1D25 #201527 #DA4937 #4F3D3B #6E1F25
  • The Annunciation (1767): #322724 #82613B #9B8E72 #5D5241 #5C3E29 #A57E37
  • Judgement of Paris (1757): #191A1C #33291B #A0834A #5F5642 #493818 #665025
  • Parnassus (1750): #291A19 #A29C86 #462F1E #836241 #61371C #4A1B11
  • Portrait of Mariana de Silva-Bazán y Sarmiento (1775): #252523 #141310 #6C6151 #C7B7AA #B07066 #A3927F
  • Portrait of George Nassau Clavering-Cowper, Lord Forwich, Third Count of Cowper (1770): #231F1B #95703F #13100B #49170A #68451E #3D1E0F
  • Portrait of Maria Luisa of Spain (1750): #A69C8E #481710 #4E3F35 #75675E #895B48 #31221A
  • Retrato de Louis du Silvestre (1745): #241C17 #100D0F #392E22 #CB9171 #563E2B #D6B49B
  • The Holy Family with the Infant St John the Baptist (1763): #1D1E1D #CCD3B8 #313428 #616549 #92825E #454936
  • The Apotheosis of Trajan (1750): #8F663E #4D211A #AA602D #6A3E2C #6C2F15 #BB8D5B
  • The Triumph of History Over Time (1772): #8D7551 #D9BB8D #635438 #774F27 #CE9C41 #9E6C30
  • August III the Saxon (1800): #80795F #25221C #EAE2CD #A7AB8D #5D513E #82532E
  • Zeus Kisses Ganymede (1759): #824D2B #A79B7D #685039 #352D2A #42291B #B58657
  • The Glory of St. Eusebius of Rome: #57371D #794D25 #C9A356 #8A6F4B #9E7036 #372214
  • Portrait of an English Gentleman (1754): #302F24 #3B2B1D #583C25 #4A4434 #7E5935 #9D8468
  • Portrait of Thomas Conolly (1758): #2A1F22 #96664F #0F0E14 #503D37 #C39C84 #602F1D
  • Portrait of Cardinal Alberico Archinto (1756): #292221 #440E0D #701615 #AA2724 #51413A #2B0D0D
  • Portrait of Pope Clement XIII (1775): #261606 #511B11 #3E260D #593716 #B0824A #775229
  • Girl with a Dove (1728-79): #201C14 #332B20 #CCAF8B #8A6344 #563A25 #3F3B31
  • Louis de Visme (1765): #232216 #213240 #4D4123 #1A2122 #C9C5A8 #472316
  • Madonna della Scodella (After Correggio) (Detail) (1728-79): #10141E #28314E #151E33 #E3E5E5 #C2936D #5C4041
  • Self Portrait (1728-79): #262C23 #5A5E52 #4C4325 #0F120C #312919 #D9CAB9
  • Portrait of the Artist's Father (1728-79): #0E0A05 #392709 #240A03 #340F05 #D7A165 #BA8242
  • Descent from the Cross (1728-79): #322A26 #A58F65 #614E37 #201D1E #50311B #6F3F1F
  • Elector Frederick Christian of Saxony (1750): #21222B #2D1F25 #4F3734 #A0A6A1 #F1E3D9 #DEC29B
  • Latona with Her Children Apollo and Diana (1769): #1B1D24 #D2C5BA #4D2D23 #292D3F #962923 #6D1D17
  • Don Luis de Borbón, Infante of Spain (1769): #2B2D2C #0A1522 #484842 #72685C #CCAA86 #A9805D
  • Venus and Cupid. (1750): #040909 #C9B367 #522118 #A98D4B #7F6139 #22100B
  • Porträt des Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (1751): #0B0C0E #32291F #3C110D #2D0907 #0C182A #0F233E
  • Portrait of Charles III. of Spain (1760): #0E0410 #955739 #4E211F #BB423B #703928 #D07E6F

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