Apelles

American  

[uh-pel-eez] / əˈpɛl iz /

noun

1. 360?–315? b.c., Greek painter.

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Apelles British  

/ əˈpɛliːz /

noun

1. 4th century _bc , Greek painter of mythological subjects, none of whose work survives, his fame resting on the testimony of Pliny and other writers

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Apelles

Alof de Wignacourt made the proclamation, comparing him to Apelles, the greatest painter of ancient times.

From New York Times ● Sep. 23, 2020

He wrote to his friend Fréart de Chantelou, who commissioned a second series, that the subject was "worthy of an Apelles", the most famous Greek painter of antiquity.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 13, 2012

In the painting Tiepolo is Apelles, at the easel; the woman posing as Campaspe is Tiepolo's wife, Cecilia Guardi; Alexander is just an extra, a studio model.

From Time Magazine Archive

To be esteemed as a painter was to be compared with lost and mythic artists: Parrhasios, Zeuxis and Apelles.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is the birthplace of Apelles the painter and of Epicharmus the poet-philosopher and inventor of comedy.

From The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt by Couperus, Louis