Research
Each engraved image highlighted with watercolors, depicting classical friezes of allegories from mythology.
The Austrian painter Anton von Maron (1733-1808) was a pupil of the Akademie der bildenden Künste in Vienna before relocating to Rome in 1755. He studied in the workshop of Anton Raphael Mengs as pupil and assistant from 1756-1761, and quickly became one of his favorite students. Maron later married Mengs’ sister Therese Concordia, an artist in her own right, in 1765. He became a member of the Accademia di San Luca in 1766 and was appointed director in 1784, remaining in Rome for the rest of his life.
The present set of three panels depicts classical friezes copied from Raphael’s Loggia at the Vatican, and each bears Maron’s name and dates and they appear to be unique within his oeuvre in this taste.
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