# Portrait of the Singer Domenico Annibaldi [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MENGS, Anton Raphael]() - Date: 1751-1800 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 125 x 95 cm ## Commentary The sitter of this portrait is the famous singer Domenico Annibali \(1705-1779\) from Macerata, in the Marches, who was summoned to the court of Dresden, as well as to London and Rome. He is depicted as if he were an important member of the court, and the magnificence of his proud pose and sumptuous clothes are in the manner of the official portraits of the European courts around the middle of the 18th century. His face appears to be lively and intelligent, and is painted in a style resembling that of the contemporary portraits by Pompeo Batoni. The painting is signed and dated 1750. ## Related artworks - [Archduke Ferdinand and Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria]() - [Charles IV as Prince]() - [Double portrait]() - [Ecce Homo]() - [Ferdinand IV, King of Naples]() - [Glory of St Eusebius]() - [Judgment of Paris]() - [Jupiter and Ganymede]() - [Maria Luisa of Parma]() - [Maria Luisa of Parma]() - [Perseus and Andromeda \(detail\)]() - [Perseus and Andromeda]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()