Anton Raphael MengsGerman, 1728–1779Male Nude Study
May one see it?
Not receiving at present
National Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C., United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
- Checked
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Particulars
- Accession number
- 1956.9.12
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- National Gallery of Art
- Image: National Gallery of Art — Museum open access
Meanwhile, in the life of Anton Raphael Mengs
The whole life1777
Returns to Rome because of ill health
Because of illness — he tolerated the cold Madrid winters badly — Mengs returned to Rome in 1777.
June 1779
Death in Rome in poverty: twenty children
Two years after his return from Spain Mengs died in Rome in poor circumstances, leaving twenty children; he was buried in the church of Santi Michele e Magno.
29 June 1779
Died
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