print
- Museum number
- 1842,0806.27
- Description
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The calumny of Apelles: the judge with the ears of an ass, sits left in an open piazza, his councillors Suspicion (Sospitione) and Ignorance (Ignorantia) stand on either side; Envy (Invidia), an old hag with ass's ears, presents to him Calumny (Calumnia dapele), a young woman wearing a crown, who holds a torch and drags Innocence (Innocentia) by the hair; she is followed by her handmaids, Fraud (Adiptione) and Treachery (Insidia) who are tying her hair, while Repentance (Penitentia) turns towards Truth (Verita), who points up with her hand.
Engraving
- Production date
- 1490-1530
- Dimensions
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Height: 318 millimetres
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Width: 451 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- The third state, after the removal of the address of Salamanca and substantial reworking. For the first state, and general comment, see 1864-7-14-42.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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2003-4 Dec-April, Athens, National Gallery, 'In the Light of Apollo'
- Acquisition date
- 1842
- Acquisition notes
- 1842,0806.1 to 321 were all purchased from W & G Smith, who had acquired the collection of Joseph Harding, from whom they all came. The acquisition was recommended to the Trustees by Josi on 31 March and 29 April 1841, but only purchased in 1842.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1842,0806.27
