Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles, about 1740. Creator: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo.
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Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles, about 1740. Additional Info: A boyish artist gazes longingly at the regal woman whose portrait he is painting. The young artist is Alexander the Great's court painter, Apelles, whom ancient writers considered the greatest artist of their time. According to Pliny's Natural History of 77 A.D., Alexander commissioned Apelles to paint a portrait of his favorite concubine, Campaspe.
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Creator
- Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, attributed to: Italian; Venetian: Painter, artist, draughtsman
Subject
- Alexander the Great: Macedonian: King of Macedonia
- Campaspe: Ancient Greek: Concubine
- Apelles: Greek: Artist, painter
Digital Image Size
Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4960x3886
File Size : 56,469kb
Aliases
- 2000.6
- 108G18
- 1200000159
- 2000.6
- 3-035-559
- 3035559
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