Apelles paints Campaspe
around 1600 | Jodocus a Winghe
De Winghe painted this version for the Hanau architect, still life painter and merchant Daniel Soreau. Apelles was the most famous painter in antiquity and court painter to Alexander the Great. Passionately inflamed with Amor’s help, here he sits – in the guise of Soreau – in front of the easel painting Alexander‘s lover as Venus Anadyomene. In the background Alexander is depicted as an oriental ruler – generously, he will make a gift of Campaspe to the painter.
De Winghe painted this version for the Hanau architect, still life painter and merchant Daniel Soreau. Apelles was the most famous painter in antiquity and court painter to Alexander the Great. Passionately inflamed with Amor’s help, here he sits – in the guise of Soreau – in front of the easel painting Alexander‘s lover as Venus Anadyomene. In the background Alexander is depicted as an oriental ruler – generously, he will make a gift of Campaspe to the painter.
Artist:
Jodocus a Winghe (1544 Brüssel - 1603 Frankfurt am Main)
Time:
around 1600
Object Name
Painting
Culture
Netherlandish
Material/technology:
Canvas
Dimensions:
221,5 cm x 200,5 cm x 3 cm
Framed: 249 cm x 228,5 cm x 9,2 cm
Signed
Inscribed in the bottom centre: IODOCVS A.WINGHE
Inscribed
Auf der Tafel über Apelles lateinische Versinschrift mit der Geschichte nach Plinius d. Ä.
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie
Invs.
Gemäldegalerie, 1677
Provenance
1604 Daniel Forreau; 1635-1648 Coll. Buckingham; acquired in 1649