Anton Raphael Mengs

Anton Raphael Mengs is the official exhibition catalog published by the Museo Nacional del Prado, offering an in-depth look at one of the most influential artists of 18th-century European Neoclassicism. As court painter to Charles III and a central figure in artistic reform during the Enlightenment, Mengs played a pivotal role in reshaping the visual culture of his time.

This richly illustrated volume presents major works featured in the Prado exhibition, accompanied by scholarly essays that examine Mengs’s intellectual ambitions, theoretical writings, collaborations with contemporaries such as Winckelmann, and his impact on Spanish and European art. Detailed catalog entries, high-quality color plates, and newly researched archival material illuminate the artist’s stylistic evolution, international networks, and contributions to the development of Neoclassical aesthetics.

Designed for art historians, students, collectors, and admirers of 18th-century painting, this catalog offers an authoritative and visually compelling introduction to the life and work of Anton Raphael Mengs.