James Byres [ Travel ]
… of the famous history painter Anton Raphael Mengs. However, on Mengs's advice, Byres abandoned painting to specialise in architecture. 3 1 . Jacobite was the name given to the supporters of the exiled Stuart family, who had been removed from … Pope Clement XI. 3 . Mengs seemed to have advised Byres to specialise in miniature painting but, instead, he studied architecture. In 1762, he won the third prize of the Concorso Clementino, a competition organised by the Accademia di San … breakfast and he hosted dinner parties at his home for travellers who were potential customers for his art dealing and architecture business. This was an opportunity for him to show them his art gallery where he exhibited the works of art …
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