Entourage Of Anton Raphael Mengs (c. 1760) - The Marquis Of Llano

100 x 79 cm / 112 x 91 cm with original frame His wife Isabel Parreño was depicted by Mengs in 1770 in a famous work in which she appears with a parrot to her left. José Agustín de Llano and de la Cuadra (1722-1794). Coming from an upper-middle-class Biscayan family, José Agustín de Llano was the nephew of Sebastián de la Cuadra y Llarena (who was Secretary of State during the reign of Felipe V). He was minister plenipotentiary of the Duchy of Parma from 1771 to 1774 and, later, ambassador to the court of Vienna from 1785 to 1794. Likewise, he was created first Marquis of Llano in 1772, appointed secretary of the Supreme Council of State, Knight of the Order of Santiago, etc. 100x79cm