Obras de D. Antonio Rafael Mengs, primer pintor de camara del rey
A posthumous collected edition of the writings of the painter Anton Raphael Mengs, published in Madrid in 1797 by the Imprenta Real, with the theory and criticism of painting for readers of art. The one picture is an oval engraved portrait of the bust-length artist, shown in three-quarter view with loose hair, a cravat and a dark cloak against a bare ground. A designer might take from it the tight cross-hatched engraving of the face and the oval vignette framing used for frontispiece portraits.
