page_title: Therese Concordia Maron
hierarchical_section_title: Therese Concordia Maron
context_page_description: Therese Concordia Maron, was a German painter, for most of her life active in Rome. She was the elder sister of more known painter Anton Raphael Mengs.
  Therese was born in northern Bohemian town of Ústí nad Labem into the Lutheran family of Danish painter Ismael Mengs, a hofmaler at the court of Saxon-Polish electors and kings. Her birth in Bohemia was mere coincidence, because her father maintained an extramarital relationship with his housekeeper Charlotte Bormann and in an effort to conceal the birth of an illegitimate child, he decided to take the mistress under the pretext of "vacations" to the nearest bigger town abroad, namely to Ústí nad Labem, where she gave birth to daughter Theresa Concordia. After a few weeks, Mengs took his daughter and her mother back to Dresden, the Saxon capital, where they lived.
  In her 16 years she moved with her family to Rome, where married later an Austrian portrait painter and pupil of her brother, Anton von Maron. She painted a number of enamels, pastels, and miniatures, including a self-portrait and a portrait of her younger sister Julia. She died in Rome in 1806.
context_section_description: Therese Concordia Maron (née Mengs) (1725 – October 10, 1806), was a German (Saxon) painter, for most of her life active in Rome. She was the elder sister of more known painter Anton Raphael Mengs. 
  Therese was born in northern Bohemian town of Ústí nad Labem (German: Aussig) into the Lutheran family of Danish painter Ismael Mengs, a hofmaler (court painter) at the court of Saxon-Polish electors and kings. Her birth in Bohemia was mere coincidence, because her father maintained an extramarital relationship with his housekeeper Charlotte Bormann and in an effort to conceal the birth of an illegitimate child, he decided to take the mistress under the pretext of "vacations" to the nearest bigger town abroad, namely to Ústí nad Labem (90 km upstream of the Elbe River), where she gave birth to daughter Theresa Concordia. After a few weeks, Mengs took his daughter and her mother back to Dresden, the Saxon capital, where they lived. (Three years later he made the same trick even with the birth of his son, Anton Raphael). 
  In her 16 years she moved with her family to Rome, where married later (1765) an Austrian portrait painter and pupil of her brother, Anton von Maron. She painted a number of enamels, pastels, and miniatures, including a self-portrait and a portrait of her younger sister Julia. She died in Rome in 1806.
  Maron was also active as a teacher; among her pupils were Apollonia Seydelmann, Francesca Bracci, her niece Anna Maria Mengs, and Sofia Clerc.
caption: Self-portrait (1745)
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