print
- Museum number
- 1851,0208.104
- Description
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Apelles painting Alexander and Campaspe; man and woman sit and pose on a couch for Apelles, who stands in the foreground in front of his easel; at the back of the sheet, a sketch in pencil representing a chimney (?). c.1541/45
Etching
- Production date
- 1541-1545
- Dimensions
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Height: 375 millimetres
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Width: 260 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- This plate is from a series of three, based on Primaticcio's frescoes for the bedroom of the Duchesse d'Étampes at Fontainebleau. Refer to W,3.16 for further details on the scheme. Primaticcio's modello for this composition is at Chatsworth (inv. 186). See Jenkins 2017.
Also see 'The French Renaissance in Prints', Los Angeles 1994, cat. No.49
The Monogrammist IQV also etched this composition. See 1851,0208.102 and 1851,0208.103.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1851
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1851,0208.104
