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Mengs.
German family of artists, one of whom was also a writer. Ismael Israel Mengs (b Copenhagen, 1688; d Dresden, 26 Dec 1764) was court painter at Dresden to Frederick-Augustus II, Elector of Saxony. Three of Mengs’s children became painters: (1) Theresia Concordia Mengs, (2) Anton Raphael Mengs and Juliane Charlotte Mengs (b Ústi nad Labem [Ger. Aussig], Bohemia [now the Czech Republic], after 1728; d after 1789). They received a rigorous early training in art from their ambitious and strict father, who expected all his children to become artists. Theresia Concordia was primarily a miniature painter who worked for the court in Dresden, but she lived most of her life in Rome. Juliane Charlotte was also a court painter but entered the Belvedere Convent in Marca d’Ancona, Italy, in 1765. No works have been attributed to her with certainty. Their more famous brother Anton Raphael worked in Rome, Naples and Madrid and became one of the most significant Neo-classical painters and theorists. His daughter Anna Maria Mengs (b Dresden, 1751; d Madrid, 29 Oct 1793) lived in Spain and painted miniatures and pastel portraits (e.g. Madrid, Bib. N.). The following members have entries:
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