Anton Raphael Mengs at the Prado

December 8 2025

Video: Prado

Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:

The Prado in Madrid have recently opened their Anton Raphael Mengs exhibition. It will run until 1st March 2026.

According to their website:

Anton Raphael Mengs (1728-1779) brings together a total of 159 works, including 64 paintings, 14 examples of the decorative arts, and 81 drawings, prints and studies on paper, allowing visitors to explore both the artist’s role as court painter and muralist as well as his intellectual and theoretical dimension. The works have been loaned from 25 international and 9 Spanish institutions and 10 private collections, reflecting the European reach of Mengs’s influence and the richness of his legacy.