The works of Anthony Raphael Mengs: first painter to His Catholic Majesty Charles III.
A 1796 collected edition of the writings and works of the painter Anton Raphael Mengs, edited by José Nicolás de Azara and published for a readership of artists and connoisseurs, drawn from Heidelberg University Library's holdings. The picture is an engraved portrait medallion pair: on the left a classical-style profile head of Mengs inscribed with his name, on the right a bust of Hector on a pedestal labelled Philosophy, a neoclassical emblem a designer might borrow for paired roundel layouts, cameo framing, or engraved line-work portraiture.
