Theresa Concordia Mengs was the daughter of the Dresden court painter Ismael Israel Mengs (1688–1764), who had converted to Protestantism before her birth, and the elder sister of the renowned artist Anton Raphael Mengs. She spent most of her life in Rome and was known for her miniature portraits in pastel and paint on enamel, as well as miniature copies after Renaissance masters. Mengs also worked in Dresden as court painter to the Electors of Saxony. She was elected a member of the Accademia di San Luca in Rome in 1765.
Having risen from behind the Judean hills late at night, the moon illuminated the Yemenite neighborhood and the nearby bushland; it played a magical game there between the trees. It hid behind them…
Portrait of Solomon Ayllon, Chief Rabbi of the Sephardic Congregations in London and Amsterdam from 1700 to 1728. This portrait was printed at the time of his death to commemorate him.
[ . . . ] I have always felt it as a particular honor that a man of such outstanding importance as Theodor Herzl was the first to champion me publicly from his exposed and therefore responsible…