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Anton Raphael Mengs: Hesperus as Personification of the Evening   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
Anton Raphael Mengs  (1728–1779)  wikidata:Q76718 s:it:Autore:Anton Raphael Mengs q:it:Anton Raphael Mengs
 
Anton Raphael Mengs
Description German painter and art historian
Neoclassical
Date of birth/death 22 March 1728 / 12 March 1728 Edit this at Wikidata 29 June 1779 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Ústí nad Labem Edit this at Wikidata Rome Edit this at Wikidata
Work period 1749-1779
Work location
Rome, Madrid (1761-1769), Dresden
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q76718
Title
Hesperus as Personification of the Evening
label QS:Lde,"Hesperus als Personifikation des Abends"
label QS:Len,"Hesperus as Personification of the Evening"
label QS:Lfr,"Hespéros personnifiant le Soir"
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Description
English: One of an ensemble of four paintings with personifications of the times of day intended as supraportas for the boudoir of Maria Luisa of Parma, Princess of Asturia.
Français : La toile fait partie d'un ensemble de quatre tableaux représentant des personnifications des heures de la journée peints afin de servir de dessus de portes pour le boudoir de Marie-Louise, princesse d'Asturie.
Date circa 1765
date QS:P571,+1765-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 192 cm (75.5 in); width: 180 cm (70.8 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,192U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,180U174728
institution QS:P195,Q1367970
Since 2023 it is located at the New museum "Galeria de las Colecciones Reales" in Madrid, next to the Ronaldo Palace.
Source/Photographer

Steffi Roettgen, Anton Raphael Mengs 1728-1779, vol. 2: Leben und Wirken (Munich: Hirmer, 2003), plate 49.

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Hesperus the Evening Star with his arrows/promise of love, rises as the sun sets.

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