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Art Review - Mengs "Adoration of the Shepherds"

December 12, 2024

Anton Raphael Mengs painted this beautiful painting of The Adoration of the Shepherds.  His lifetime followed the end of the Rococo and saw the rise of the Neoclassical style in art.

Image Courtesy of the National Gallery of Art, Washington

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