Alexander in the Studio of Apelles
Artist
Salvator Rosa
Italian, 1615 - 1673
Dateca. 1662
Mediumetching
DimensionsPlate mark: 17 3/4 × 10 3/8 in.
Frame Dimensions: 25 3/8 × 17 7/8 × 1 1/2 in. (64.5 × 45.4 × 3.8 cm)
Frame Dimensions: 25 3/8 × 17 7/8 × 1 1/2 in. (64.5 × 45.4 × 3.8 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineGift of Francine Nemer
Object number2018.6.2
On View
Not on viewInscribedInscribed in plate at bottom center: " Alexandro M. multa imperite' in officina disserenti/ silentium comiter suadebat Apelles, rideri eum dicens/ a pueris, qui colores tererent. / Salvator Rosa Inv. scul."
DescriptionApelles of Kos was Alexander the Great's court painter. In this depiction taken from Pliny, Apelles is humbling Alexander who is grinding paints in his studio.Exhibition History“Prosperity and Exclusion,” The Hyde Collection, Hoopes and Whitney-Renz Galleries, May 31 – Sept. 21, 2025ProvenanceReuben and VIrginia MIller, Philadelphia PAFrancine Nemer by inheritance
2018, Glens Falls, NY, The Hyde Collection
Charles François Daubigny
1868
