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ANTHONY RAPHAEL MENGS. 61
" those advantages are likely to remain, is a
" point too clear to admit of a doubt, or need
" an explanation."

He who can find in Raphael such deformity
must certainly find horrible all the world.

LIST OF PAINTINGS
DONE IN SPAIN BY
ANTHONY RAPHAEL MENGS,
FOR THE ROYAL FAMILY AS WELL AS PRIVATE PERSONS.
In the Royal Palace is the ceiling of the Anti-
chamber of the King painted in fresco repre-
senting the Council of the Gods, with the Apo-
theosis of Hercules.
After the same manner is done Aurora in ano-
ther chamber, by that reason called the Chamber
os Aurora, and at the four facades are done the
four seasons of the year with various ornaments
in the freize considing of infants, vases, and fo-
liage.
He painted the grand ceiling of the Hall
where the King dines, where is represented the
Apotheosis of Trajan, and the Temple of Gloryr
In the private Oratory of his Majesty, the
Nativity of Christ, in fresco: the painting in oil
 
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