Apelles
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Apelles was a renowned ancient Greek painter, celebrated in classical antiquity for his exceptional skill and as the favored artist of Alexander the Great.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Apelles (trained in Sikyon) | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
ancient Greek painter
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person ⓘ |
| artisticReputation | considered ideal of painterly perfection in antiquity ⓘ |
| artMovement | Classical Greek art ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Alexander the Great NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek culture ⓘ |
| deathPlace | probable Asia Minor (uncertain) ⓘ |
| educatedAt | school of Sicyon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Hellenic period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| famousAnecdote |
Calumny allegory described by Lucian
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story of the cobbler criticizing only the shoe in a painting ⓘ “nulla dies sine linea” (no day without a line) ⓘ |
| floruit | 4th century BCE ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
allegorical painting
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mythological painting ⓘ portrait painting ⓘ |
| hasCanonicalName | Apelles of Kos (traditional attribution, uncertain) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Renaissance artists
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later Western painting theory ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Pamphilus of Amphipolis
NERFINISHED
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Sicyonian painting school NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being the most celebrated painter of classical antiquity
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court painter to Alexander the Great ⓘ exceptional painting skill ⓘ |
| knownFrom | Roman literary sources ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| legacy |
known primarily through literary sources
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none of his original paintings survive ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | Pliny the Elder's Natural History NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Greek ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Aphrodite Anadyomene
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Calumny of Apelles (original painting) NERFINISHED ⓘ portrait of Alexander the Great with thunderbolt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | painter ⓘ |
| patron | Alexander the Great NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Ionia
NERFINISHED
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Macedonian court ⓘ Sicyon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| praisedBy |
Lucian
NERFINISHED
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Pliny the Elder NERFINISHED ⓘ Quintilian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| statusOfWorks | all works lost ⓘ |
| subjectOf | Sandro Botticelli's painting The Calumny of Apelles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Classical Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| trainedBy | Pamphilus of Amphipolis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
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this entity surface form:
Apelles (trained in Sikyon)