Julia Charlotte Mengs (c. 1730 – after 1806) was a German painter. Julia Charlotte was born in

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, into the Lutheran family of Danish painter Ismael Mengs, a ''hofmaler'' ( court painter) at the court of Saxonian-Polish electors and kings. She was the younger sister of Therese Maron and Anton Raphael Mengs, and also embarked on a career as a court painter. However, in 1765 she entered the Belvedere Convent in the

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, taking the name of Sister Maria Speranda. She died there sometime after 1806. No work by Julia appears to have survived, although a pastel portrait of her traditionally described as being by her sister has sometimes been suggested to be a self-portrait instead.Profile
at the ''Dictionary of Pastellists Before 1800''.

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