BENEFIAL; MARCO
Rome 1684 - 1764

Workshop
Artist's Portrait in Red Robe and Black Hood.
Oil on canvas.
Relined.
67 x 52;5cm.
Frame/Pedestal: Framed.
Provenance:
Auction Jacob Hecht; Berlin; 28.05.1929; ill. T.20 (as A.R. Mengs);
Private ownership; Germany.

The present work was in the past considered a work by Anton Raphael Mengs (1728-1779) and as such it was auctioned in Berlin in 1929. Steffi R鰐tgen mentions the work in her 1999 cat. rais. on Mengs under the no. EX 251; but copies it from the artist.
In an email from 08.07.2017 she confirms this judgement and considers it to be a work from before Mengs. After viewing it from a colour photograph suggests attributing it to an artist around the time of the student John Parker.

We are grateful to Steffi R鰐tgen; Munich; for her kind support.