Des Ritters Anton Raphael Mengs, ersten Mahlers Karl III. Königs in Spanien [et]c. [et]c. hinterlassne Werke : nach den Originalhandschiften übersetzt, und mit ungedruckten Aufsätzen und Anmerkungen vermehrt

Mengs, Anton Raphael, 1728-1779 · 1786 · Halle : In J.C. Hendels Verlage · 4 pictures

This is a 1786 German edition published in Halle by J.C. Hendel of the posthumous writings of painter Anton Raphael Mengs, translated from his manuscripts with added notes and essays for art critics and art historians. The four pictures are small typographic ornaments and a portrait: a rococo cartouche with a landscape vignette, a swagged frieze with a rosette, a printed artist's vignette of a desk with books, palette and a crowned urn, and an oval engraved portrait of Mengs framed by a plaque lettered with his name. A designer could draw on the rococo scrollwork, swags and tablet-style frames as ready-made decorative elements.

Mengs, Anton Raphael, 1728-1779 · Art criticism · Art history · Art criticism -- Early works to 1800 · Art history -- Early works to 1800 · Art

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