Apelles
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Apelles of Kos was a renowned painter of ancient Greece. Pliny the Elder, to whom much of modern scholars' knowledge of this artist is owed, rated him superior to preceding and subsequent artists. He
Detail from Alexander and Campaspe in Apelles' studio by Giovanni Antonio Guardi, c. 1745
Reconstruction of a mosaic depiction of the Battle of Issus after a painting supposed to be by Apelles or Philoxenus of Eretria found in the House of the Faun at Pompeii
A garden fresco from the House of Venus, in Pompeii.
A mosaic in the Zeugma Mosaic Museum in Gaziantep, Turkey.
Campaspe
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Campaspe, or Pancaste, was a supposed mistress of Alexander the Great and a prominent citizen of Larissa in Thessaly. However, no Campaspe appears in the five major sources for the life of Alexander a
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…of Julius Caesar but was destroyed when Caesar's mansion on the Palatine Hill burned down. While sketching one of Alexander the Great's concubines, Campaspe, Apelles fell in love with her. As a mark of appreciation for the great painter's work, Alexander presented her to him. Apelles is said to have been…
Campaspe Taking off Her Clothes in Front of Apelles by Order of Alexander, c. 1883 by Auguste Ottin (1811–1890). North façade of the Cour Carrée in the Louvre, Paris
Alexander the Great Offering His Concubine Campaspe to the Painter Apelles by Gaetano Gandolfi, c. 1793–97
Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1740
Apelles in Love with Alexander's Mistress by Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée, 1772