MARON, Anton von
(b. 1733, Wien, d. 1808, Roma)

Madonna and Child with a Shepherd

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Oil on canvas, 127 x 156 cm
Private collection

This painting shows the influence of Anton Raphael Mengs, under whom von Maron trained and on whose mature style his own was entirely based. A version of this painting painted en grisaille, now in the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest, is attributed to Mengs.