R. Raph. Mengs Gedanken über die Schönheit und über den Geschmak in der Malerey
Published in Zurich in 1774, this German-language treatise by Anton Raphael Mengs on beauty and taste in painting was edited by Johann Caspar Füssli and prepared by Salomon Geßner for a readership of artists and connoisseurs. The single plate shows two nude infants in a wooded landscape, one leaning over a large rounded ball while the other stands beside it, drawn in fine, loose etched lines with soft shading, a model for idealised childhood figures, classical grace and sketchy outdoor settings.
