File:Mengs Parnasus.jpg

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Summary

Anton Raphael Mengs: Parnassus

Artist



Description	German painter and art historian Neoclassical
Date of birth/death	22 March 1728 / 12 March 1728	29 June 1779
Location of birth/death	Ústí nad Labem	Rome
Work period	1749-1779
Work location	Rome, Madrid (1761-1769), Dresden
Authority file	: Q76718 VIAF: 54179382 ISNI: 0000000108575632 ULAN: 500009824 LCCN: n79089094 NLA: 36514878 WorldCat

Title

Parnasus

Object type

painting

Description

This painting was a sketch for Mengs's fresco of 1761 in the central part of the ceiling of the Villa Albani in Rome, commissioned by Cardinal Alessandro Albani.

Date

circa 1750s-1760s

Medium

oil on panel

Dimensions

height: 55 cm (21.6 in); width: 101 cm (39.7 in)

Collection

Hermitage Museum

	Native name	Государственный Эрмитаж
	Location	Saint Petersburg
	Coordinates	59° 56′ 26″ N, 30° 18′ 49″ E
	Established	1764
	Website	hermitagemuseum.org
	Authority file	: Q132783 VIAF: 128956287 ISNI: 000000041800742X LCCN: n79100241 NLA: 35139924 OSM: 8092294 WorldCat

Current location

not on view

Accession number

ГЭ-1327

Place of creation

Germany

Object history

acquired from D. Antario of Mannheim, Frankfurt-am-Main, 1814

Inscriptions

Signature:

ANT:RAPH: / MENGS / SAXO / MDCCDXI

Notes

Das Bild gilt in der Kunstgeschichte als 'Manifest des deutschen Klassizismus'.

References

Source/Photographer

1. safran-arts.com
2./3. Unknown source
4. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Other versions

a fresco by Anton Raphael Mengs in the Villa Albani, 1761

Licensing

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	19:53, 26 May 2018	1,920 × 1,044 (266 KB)	Trzęsacz	http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/wps/portal/hermitage/digital-collection/01.+Paintings/38284/
	01:50, 22 February 2015	1,519 × 826 (365 KB)	Ekenaes	same file without the right hand side stripes
	05:43, 1 June 2013	1,526 × 826 (256 KB)	Shuishouyue	new high version
	03:29, 26 May 2010	912 × 496 (479 KB)	Jdsteakley	photoshopped
	13:48, 20 January 2007	912 × 496 (65 KB)	Pufacz	{{Painting\| \|Title=<br /> ''en:'' Fresk Parnassus from Villa Albani \|Technique=<br /> ''en:'' \|Dimensions=<br /> ''en:'' \|Location=<br /> ''en:'' Villa Albani, Rome \|Country=<br /> ''en:'' Italy \|Gallery=<br /> ''en:'' Villa Al