Kunsthistorisches Museum „Mengs und Velázquez“

Kunsthistorisches Museum "Mengs and Velázquez"

view matter , which temporarily presents different works in the permanent exhibition in the painting gallery of the art historical museum, in its 29 edition a masterful portrait of the nine-month-old Princess Marie-Therese of Bourbon-Sicilien focuses on and lets visitors the work of the farm artist Anton Raphael Mengs and Explore Diego Velázquez in more detail.

In 1770 Anton Raphael Mengs (1728–1779), the celebrated court painter King Charles III. From Spain, back to Italy, to recover and at the same time create portraits on behalf of his employer: In Naples, he was supposed to portray the family of King Ferdinand IV and his wife Maria Carolina from Austria. A highlight of this work can be the newly restored portrait of the Marie-Therese of Bourbon-Sicily, which shows the first-born daughter of the royal couple.

The portrait of the nine-month-old princess impresses with his artistic sophistication. Mengs created a work with him that combines traditional representation with a new naturalness and liveliness. The picture thus reflects a changed view of childhood that spread in the 18th century-characterized by the pedagogical ideas of Jean-Jacques Rousseaus, which Maria Carolina particularly appreciated.

Mengs' work also shows clear bonds to the style of Diego Velázquez (1599–1660), its most important predecessor as Spanish Court painter. In particular, there are similarities with the portrait of the Infanta Margarita in Rosa . These affect not only pose and clothing, but also the picturesque technology: in no other painting by Mengs, his virtuoso brushstroke is expressed as concise as here as here, where color indulgences make the embroidery and tips of the dress form and vibrate. 1653/54.

The portrait not only demonstrates Mengs' extraordinary ability to combine representation and personality, but also also reflects the dynastic interests of the mother of the present: Maria Carolina let the painting to be sent to the grandmother of the little nerwoman Maria Theresia. Mengs, not by accident, are probably linked to the tradition of Velázquez infantine portraits, which enjoyed high appreciation at the Habsburger Hof. Similar to the Infanta before, Marie-Therese became through her marriage to her cousin Franz II./I. (1790) Later Empress of the Holy Roman Empire.

" more mengs " is in Hall VII Master, including an altarpiece that had not been exhibited for almost a century and could only be removed by donations.