This “Mengs frame” in the Neoclassical style was designed by Anton Raphael Mengs, who used it for paintings he produced in Spain during the second half of the 18th century, including several portraits for the court of Charles III, now in the Museo del Prado. The highest-quality frame, in technical terms, is that of Mengs’ Adoration of the Shepherds; it is known to have been produced in Spain by Jorge Balze.
Ogee section
Mitchell, Paul; Roberts, Lynn, Frameworks. Form, function & ornament in European portrait frames, Merrell Holberton Publishers, London, 1996, pp. 270-273.
Roettgen, S., Anton Raphael Mengs, 1728-1779, Hirmer Verlag, Munich, 1999, pp. 50.
Timón Tiemblo, María Pía, El Marco en España: del Mundo Romano al Inicio del Modernismo, Publicaciones Europeas de Arte, Madrid, 2002, pp. 296-297.
Jordán de Urríes y de la Colina, Javier, La pintura mural, Carlos III. Majestad y ornato en los escenarios del rey ilustrado, Patrimonio Nacional, Madrid, 2016, pp. 160.
Inv. Real Museo, Sección Marcos, 1857.
Núm. 2001.
Id. id [Marco dorado] y tallado
Rey
Inscribed in pencil.
Frame, back
Room 039 (On Display)
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