Anton Raphael Mengs

Anton Raphael Mengs
Self-Portrait, c. 1775, Uffizi, Florence
Born	(1728-03-12)12 March 1728 Ústí nad Labem, Bohemia, Habsburg Empire
Died	29 June 1779(1779-06-29) (aged 51) Rome, Papal States
Nationality	German
Occupation	Painter
Movement	Neoclassical
Spouse(s)	Margarita Guazzi (m. 1748)
Children	Anna Maria Mengs
Relatives	Therese Mengs (sister) Julia Charlotte Mengs (sister)

Anton Raphael Mengs (12 March 1728^[1] – 29 June 1779) was a German painter, active in Dresden, Rome, and Madrid, who while painting in the Rococo period of the mid-18th century became one of the precursors to Neoclassical painting, which replaced Rococo as the dominant painting style in Europe.