R. [sic] Raph. Mengs Gedanken über die Schönheit und über den Geschmak in der Malerey

Mengs, Anton Raphael, 1728-1779, Fuessli, Johann Caspar, 1743-1786 · 1774 · Zürich : Bey Orell, Gessner, Füesslin u. Comp. · 1 picture

A 1774 German treatise on beauty and taste in painting by Anton Raphael Mengs, published in Zürich by Orell, Gessner, Füssli and company, aimed at artists and art readers. The single small vignette is an engraved tailpiece in fine stipple-and-line style, showing two naked infant children playing with a globe beneath a tree, with a monogram at lower left. A designer might take its light, airy ornament and classical putto motif for decorative borders, endpapers, or small spot illustrations.

Aesthetics · Painting

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