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Object Type
Museum number: 1851,0208.104
Description: 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
Producer name: Print made by: Léon Davent; After: Francesco Primaticcio
School/style
Production date: 1541-1545
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 375 millimetres; Width: 260 millimetres
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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.
Bibliographic references: Zerner 1969 / Ecole de Fontainebleau. Gravures (LD.51); Jenkins 2017 / Prints at the Court of Fontainebleau c1542-47 (LD.51)
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated names: Representation of: Alexander the Great; Representation of: Apelles; Representation of: Campaspe
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1851
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1851,0208.104

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