Apelles schildert Campaspe, Johann Gotthard Müller, after Govert Flinck, 1781

Title(s)

Apelles schildert Campaspe

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1986-93

Catalogue reference

• LeBlanc 12-6(6)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Terwijl Alexander de Grote zijn minnares Campaspe aan Apelles toont, wordt de kunstenaar geraakt door de pijl van cupido.

Artist

• printmaker: Johann Gotthard Müller (mentioned on object)
• after painting by: Govert Flinck (mentioned on object)
• writer (clerical worker): St. Lambert (mentioned on object)
• Maria Féodorowna (mentioned on object)
• Johann Gotthard Müller (mentioned on object)

Place

Stuttgart

Dating

1781

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving

Measurements

height 402 mm × width 487 mm

What

• Apelles paints Campaspe and falls in love with her; Alexander yields her to him

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the F.G. Waller-Fonds

Acquisition

purchase 1986

Copyright

Public domain

• Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant un dictionnaire des graveurs de toutes les nations, Ch Leblanc, dl. 3, p. 70, cat.nr. 12