# Portrait of the Artist's Father, Ismael Mengs

- By: Anton Raphael Mengs (German, 1728–1779)
- Date: 1747–48
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: 53.3 × 40.3 cm (21 × 15 7/8 in.); Framed: 62.9 × 49.9 × 7.7 cm (24 3/4 × 19 5/8 × 3 in.)
- Culture: Germany
- Credit line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Pinsof
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/88372)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/707eaea7-b325-b93d-37c1-b79b1876384b/full/!1659,1080/0/default.jpg
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