The Triumph of History over Time

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Artist: Anton Raphael Mengs (German, Ústi nad Labem (Aussig) 1728–1779 Rome)
Date: 1771–75 (?)
Medium: Black and white chalk, on blue paper
Dimensions: Sheet: 18 13/16 × 11 13/16 in. (47.8 × 30 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Gift of Roberta J. M. Olson and Alexander B. V. Johnson, in honor of George R. Goldner, 2014
Accession no.: 2014.703.2

The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s open-access data does not include an ownership history for this work. See the museum’s page for this work.

Portrait of Cardinal Zelada
Anton Raphael Mengs
1773 · Painting
Museum collection · via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00000903
Portrait of the Artist's Father, Ismael Mengs
Anton Raphael Mengs
1747–48 · Painting
Museum collection · via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00001340
Saint Peter Visiting Saint Agatha in Prison and Healing her Wounds
Anton Raphael Mengs
n.d. · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00004137
Portrait of Infante Don Luis de Borbon
Anton Raphael Mengs
c. 1776 · Painting
Museum collection · via the Cleveland Museum of ArtAT-00009592

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.