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Cleveland Museum of Art142311portraitAnton Raphael Mengs (German, 1728–1779)c. 1776CC0cma portraits portrait king spanish royalty 18th century aristocracy male court blue gold grey oil painting classical formal regal clothing scepter clock infante don luis borbonAnton Raphael Mengs (German, 1728–1779) c. 1776 Germany, 18th century oil on canvas Painting European PortraitFaces in Time
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Portrait of Infante Don Luis de Borbon by Anton Raphael Mengs (German, 1728–1779) (c. 1776). Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund Rights: CC0. https://clevelandart.org/art/1966.14
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As a younger child of King Philip V of Spain, Don Luis received important religious posts, including Archbishop of Toledo and Seville. However, his philandering led to losing these titles and banishment from the court, while he became a crucial avant-garde art patron, especially of Goya. The encrustations of medals and cacophonous fabrics speak to Mengs's experiments in representing status, privilege, and royal honors in the age of Enlightenment, when rational skepticism began to confront absolutist, hereditary power.
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A formal portrait depicts King Charles III in a lavish, pale grey coat adorned with gold embroidery and a blue sash.
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