Alexander the Great being mocked by the apprentices in the studio of Apelles. Etching by Salvator Rosa.

  • Rosa, Salvatore, 1615-1673.
Date:
1600-1699
Reference:
38761i
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Alexander the Great, discoursing incompetently in the studio of Apelles, is politely enjoined by the painter to be silent, telling him that he was being laughed at by the apprentices who were there to grind the pigments

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[Italy]

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1 print : etching ; platemark 45.6 x 27.4 cm

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Alexandro M. multa imperite in officina disserenti silentium comiter suadebat Apelles, rideri eum dicens a pueris, qui colores tererent ; Salvator Rosa inv. scul.

References note

Adam Bartsch, Le peintre graveur, Würzburg 1920-1922, vol. 20, p. 163, no. 4

Reference

Wellcome Collection 38761i

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