Anton Raphael Mengs
Truth

CultureGerman
Titles
  • Truth
Date1756
PlaceGermany
MediumPastel
Dimensions24 × 19 1/2 in. (60.9 × 49.5 cm)
Frame: 30 7/16 × 25 3/4 × 2 1/8 in. (77.3 × 65.4 × 5.4 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by "One Great Night in November, 1998"
Object number98.590
Not on view

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Provenance[Christie's, London, July 6, 1993]; [Bernheimer Fine Arts, Ltd., London]; purchased by MFAH, 1998.

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