Calumny of Apelles

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Renaissance painting painting

Calumny of Apelles is a Renaissance painting by Sandro Botticelli that allegorically depicts the destructive power of slander through a complex arrangement of classical figures.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Calumny of Apelles canonical	3
La Calunnia di Apelle	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Renaissance painting ⓘ painting ⓘ
artForm	panel painting ⓘ
artHistoricalPeriod	late 15th century ⓘ
artMovementContext	Renaissance humanism ⓘ surface form: Early Renaissance humanism
artworkStyle	tempera painting ⓘ
basedOn	classical literature ⓘ
colorPalette	bright and refined Renaissance palette ⓘ
composition	complex multi-figure arrangement ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Italy ⓘ
creator	Sandro Botticelli ⓘ
culture	Florentine culture ⓘ
depicts	allegory of slander ⓘ classical architecture ⓘ destructive power of calumny ⓘ mythological figures ⓘ procession before a seated ruler ⓘ
genre	allegorical painting ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn	later allegorical painting ⓘ
hasPart	figure of Calumny ⓘ figure of Envy ⓘ figure of Ignorance ⓘ figure of Repentance ⓘ figure of Suspicion ⓘ figure of Truth ⓘ figure of the innocent victim ⓘ figure of the king or judge ⓘ
iconography	classical allegorical personifications ⓘ
inspiredBy	description by Lucian of Samosata ⓘ lost painting by Apelles ⓘ
ItalianTitle	Calumny of Apelles self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: La Calunnia di Apelle
languageOfTitle	Italian ⓘ
locatedIn	Florence ⓘ Italy ⓘ
location	Uffizi Gallery ⓘ
mainSubject	Innocence falsely accused ⓘ Slander ⓘ
movement	Florentine Renaissance ⓘ Renaissance Italy ⓘ surface form: Italian Renaissance
partOf	collection of the Uffizi Gallery ⓘ
setting	ornate classical interior ⓘ
significance	important example of Botticelli’s late allegories ⓘ
subjectMatter	justice and injustice ⓘ moral allegory ⓘ
theme	moral and civic virtue ⓘ power of false accusation ⓘ The Triumph of Truth ⓘ surface form: triumph of Truth over Slander
title	Calumny of Apelles self-link ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sandro Botticelli → notableWork → Calumny of Apelles ⓘ

Calumny of Apelles → title → Calumny of Apelles self-link ⓘ

Calumny of Apelles → ItalianTitle → Calumny of Apelles self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: La Calunnia di Apelle

Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi → notableWork → Calumny of Apelles ⓘ

subject surface form: Sandro Botticelli