MENGS Magdalen, Cupid, thirteen portraits, Dres- den Gallery ; Latona with Diana and Apollo, Bamberg Gallery; Holy Family, Portrait of Ismael Mengs, Berlin Museum ; do. of him- self, Darmstadt Museum ; Adoration of the Shepherds, Carlsruhe Gallery ; Capuchin Friar, Portrait of himself, Kunsthalle, Ham- burg ; do., Ferdinandeum, Innsbruck ; do., and Capuchin Monk, Old Pinakothek, Mu- nich ; Girls with Cupids (2), Leipsic Mu- seum ; Artemisia at the Sculptor's, Molt- ke Collection, Copenhagen ; Annunciation, Coming of the Holy Ghost, Apollo on Par- nassus crowning a Poet, St. John the Bap- tist, Perseus and Andromeda, Judgment of Paris, Portrait of himself, Hermitage, St. Petersburg ; Portrait, Brussels Museum ; Parnassus, fresco, Villa Albani, Rome ; Apotheosis of Trajan, Temple of Fame (frescos on ceiling of dining-hall), Royal Palace, Madrid. Allgem. d. Biogr., xxi. 349 ; Azara, Vita di A. R. Mengs (Rome, 1787); Ch. Blanc, Eeole allemande ; Cotta's Kunstbl. (1822), 842 ; Dolnne, lii.;Ga7.. des B. Arts (I860), vii. 217 ; Goethe, Wiuck- elmann, ii. 105 ; Illustr. /eit. (1879), ii. 27 ; Kugler (Crowe), ii. 55C ; Pecht, iii. 1 ; Iteber, i. 71 ; Wurzbach, xvii. 347 ; Zeitschr. f. b. K., xiv. 33, 72 ; Bianconi, Elogio sto- rico del Cavaliere R. Mengs ; Guibal, Eloge historique do Mengs ; Ratti, Epilogo della Vita. MENGS, ISMAEL, born at Copenhagen in 1(590, died at Dresden in 17G4. Minia- ture painter, pupil of Benoit Caffre, then at Liibeck of Johann Harper (of Stockholm, 1G88-174C) and of Paul Heinecke ; usually painted portraits on enamel, of larger size than was then customary, but executed a few historical subjects. He became court- painter at Dresden, whence lie twice accom- panied his son Anton Raphael to Rome in the capacity of a severe mentor. He edu- cated his children with so barbarous a disci- pline as to cause his eldest son to run away. His two daughters, Julia and Theresia Con- cordia, were also excellent miniature paint- ers. Works : Artist's portrait (moil, 1741), St. Magdalen, Annunciation (enamels), Dres- den Museum ; Portrait of a Merchant (in oil), Leipsic Museum. Nagler, ix. 122. MENINAS, LAS (Maids of Honour), Ve- lasquez, Madrid Museum ; canvas, H. 10 ft. G in. x 9 ft. Velasquez, in his studio, stands on left before an easel, painting portraits of Philip IV. and Queen Mariana, which are seen reflected in a mirror ; the Infanta Mar- garita Maria, a child, is listening to Dona Isabel de Velasco, and is receiving a glass of water from Dona Maria Agustina Sar- miento ; on right, two dwarfs play with a Las Meninas, Velasquez, Madrid Museum. g ; Dona Marcella de Ulloa converses with a "guarda (lamas;" in background, Jose Nieto enters by a flight of steps. Paint- ed in 1G5G ; valued in 1700 at 10,000 doub- loons ; injured in fire of 1734, restored by Juan de Miranda. Engraved by P. Auclou- in ; etched by F. Goya ; B. Maura ; litho- graphed by C. Nanteuil ; J. Martinez ; E. C. Cos. The portrait of Velasquez, the most authentic one, etched by St. Raymond in Curtis. Original sketch for picture, with variations, belongs to Walter Ralph Bankes, Kingston Lacy, Dorset, England. Palomi- no, liii. 342 ; Curtis, 13 ; Madrazo, G03 ; Reveil, xiv. 971. S44
