Mengs, I.

…German painter born in Bohemia. His father, Ismael M. (1688-1764), was a Jewish painter from Copenhagen. His strict education continued during his stay in Rome from 1741 to 1744, during which he copied paintings at the Vatican Museum. After returning to Japan, he became a court painter in Dresden in 1746, but he had a falling out with his father and converted to Catholicism. In 1752, he finally went to Rome, where he became friends with Winckelmann and was exposed to his classical art theories. He was invited by the future King of Spain, Carlos III, whom he had met in Naples, to serve as Spanish court painter from 1761 to 1776, competing with Tiepolo and others to paint frescoes for the royal palace and villas, and painting many portraits, exerting an enormous influence on the Spanish art world of the time, including the young Goya. …

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…ボヘミア生れのドイツの画家。父イスマエルIsmael M.(1688‐1764)はコペンハーゲン出身のユダヤ人の画家で，その厳しい教育は1741‐44年のローマ滞在中まで続き，バチカン美術館で模写を行った。帰国後46年ドレスデンの宮廷画家となるが父と不和になり，カトリックに改宗。52年，最終的にローマに出てウィンケルマンと親交をもち，その古典主義的芸術理論に触れる。ナポリで知遇を得た，後のスペイン国王カルロス3世に招かれ，61‐76年スペインの宮廷画家として，王宮や離宮にティエポロらとフレスコ画を競い，多くの肖像を描いて，若いゴヤを含む当時のスペイン画壇に絶大な影響力を与えた。…

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