A print from a disbound book published 1914, reverse side is blank.
Suitable for framing, the page size including text and border is approx 8" x 10.5" or 20cm x 27cm.
Image size approx 6 inches x 8.25 inches
This
is an antique print not a modern copy and shows normal signs of age or
previous use commensurate with the age of the print. Please view any
scans as they form part of the description.
The date given of 1914 is the printing date, the actual date of creation can be earlier.
All prints will be sent bagged and in a board backed envelope for protection in transit.
While every care is taken to ensure my scans or photos
accurately represent the item offered for sale, due to differences in
monitors and internet pages my pictures may not be an exact match in
brightness or contrast to the actual item.
Text description beneath the picture (subject to any spelling errors due to the OCR program used)
ALEXANDER VISITING APELLES
Apelles, the most celebrated painter of antiquity, flourished during the later part of the IVth Century B.C. He was probably born at Colophon, on the Ionian coast of Asia Minor. After completing his studies at Ephesus and Sicyon, he visited Macedon. where Alexander greatly favoured him. The picture shows the Macedonian conqueror visiting the artist in his studio for the purpose of sitting for his portrait, which only Apelles was permitted to paint.
Apelles, the most celebrated painter of antiquity, flourished during the later part of the IVth Century B.C. He was probably born at Colophon, on the Ionian coast of Asia Minor. After completing his studies at Ephesus and Sicyon, he visited Macedon. where Alexander greatly favoured him. The picture shows the Macedonian conqueror visiting the artist in his studio for the purpose of sitting for his portrait, which only Apelles was permitted to paint.