Antonio Pascual de Borbón y Sajonia, Infante of Spain

Antonio Pascual de Borbón y Sajonia, Infante of Spain, was another son of Charles III painted by Mengs in the same 1767 campaign that produced the portrait of Infante Francisco Javier. Antonio Pascual, born 1755, outlived his brother Francisco Javier and his father, surviving into the Napoleonic period. Mengs's systematic Prado portrait series of the Spanish royal children represents an unprecedented exercise in Neoclassical royal documentation, covering virtually every member of the royal family during his Spanish sojourn. The repetition of similar compositions and settings across these portraits creates a visual dynasty—a coherent family identity rendered in the new Neoclassical manner, displacing the older Baroque court idiom associated with the Habsburg period. These portraits collectively announced a new aesthetic regime in Spain aligned with Enlightenment values.

Oil on canvas consistent in format and technique with Mengs's other Spanish Infante portraits, enabling direct comparison across the series. The child is presented in formal court dress, the compositional formula standardised to create a legible family portrait series. Individual likeness is maintained within the consistent format, distinguishing each child physiognomically.