Portrait of a Couple in the Guise of Angelica and Medoro

c. 1790/1800

Giulia Carlotta Mengs

Associated Names
Giulia Carlotta Mengs

Artist, German, c. 1730 - after 1806

The image is a circular portrait showing two upper bodies slightly embracing. The person on the left has curly brown hair, a long nose, and full lips. He wears an orange sash and a red cloak. The person on the right has brown wavy hair. She wears a white draped cloth and a delicate bracelet. The background shows foliage. The artwork is in a metallic frame with a loop.

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Provenance

Private collection, NY, until 2024; (Robert Simon Fine Art, New York, NY); purchased by NGA, 2025.

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Inscriptions

lower right in image: GM / Anno [monogram]; verso, inscribed by later hand: No 745 / sit-/ d by/ Gemalt/ von/ Giulietta/ Mengs/ (G.M.)

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