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Object Type
print
Museum number
1861,1109.91
Title
Object:
Alexandre vainqueur de soi-même
Description
The painter Apelles holding a palette while seated on a chair inside a palace in front of an easel bearing an unfinished painting of the naked Campaspe, Alexander standing next to the painting at left, holding his naked mistress's arm and showing her off to Apelles, Cupid shooting an arrow at the painter, a maid helping Campaspe to get undressed; sixth state with inscription; after Govert Flinck. 1781 Etching and engraving
Producer name
Print made by:
Johann Gotthard von Müller
After:
Govert Flinck
Published by:
Johann Gotthard von Müller
School/style
German
Dutch
Production date
1781
Production place
Published in:
Paris (France)
Published in:
Stuttgart
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
396 millimetres
(trimmed)
Width:
480 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Rümelin 1996 / Die Interpretationsgraphik von Johann Gotthard Müller und Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Müller
(D15.VI)
Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700
(31)
(after Flinck)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
myth/legend
draughtsman/painter
nude
Associated names
Representation of:
Alexander the Great
Representation of:
Apelles
Representation of:
Campaspe
Associated with:
Empress Maria Feodorovna
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
A E Evans & Sons
Acquisition date
1861
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1861,1109.91