Anton Raphael MengsGerman, 1728–1779Amor, den Pfeil schleifend
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Where is “Amor, den Pfeil schleifend” now? Collection: Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden. Unknown.
Dresden, Germany
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Details
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister
- Image: Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister — In Copyright
In the life of Anton Raphael Mengs
The whole life1749–1751
First painter to the Elector of Saxony
Mengs became chief court painter to the Elector Frederick Augustus II on an annual salary of 1,000 thalers, which did not prevent him from spending much of his time in Rome.
1751
Daughter born: Anna Maria Mengs
1751–1754
Back in Italy: the road to directing the academy
In 1751 Mengs returned to Italy; after a brief stay in Venice and Florence he became a member in 1752 and in 1754 director of the Roman academy of painting.
late 1755
Meeting Johann Joachim Winckelmann
At the end of 1755 Mengs met the archaeologist and art historian Johann Joachim Winckelmann, who soon became one of his closest friends and opened his eyes to a new understanding of ancient art. Winckelmann strongly shaped Mengs's views on painting: in his work Mengs turned from the fashionable Rococo to early Neoclassicism.
