Sujet

Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles, about 1740. Creator: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo.

Légende

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.

Date

18e siècle

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM24A63_178

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

55,1Mo (3,1Mo) / 42,0cm x 32,9cm / 4960 x 3886 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Europe portrait Italy Italian studio people work historical sitting arts painting country monarch art color king royal scene Greek Greece artist depiction location century artwork royalty concept seated at work easel oil Painting Group Portrait Colour Macedonia Macedonian rococo Ancient Greece 18th century Ancient Greek Eighteenth Century culture history historic concubine Oil on canvas sovereign TGN Alexander the Great Apelles artist's studio King of Macedonia Alexander III of Macedon Iskander Iskandar Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Giambattista Tiepolo Rococo era Tiepolo Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Giambattista Tiepoli Giovanni Battista Campaspe artists studio Alexander III of Macedonia Kolophon Apelles of Kos Apelles of Kos Painting Heritage Art artist's materials Campaspe Pancaste Ape oil paint (paint) Giovanni Tiepolo Canvas (Textile Material)