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Object Type
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
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
Acquisition date: 1861
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1861,1109.91

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