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Alexander Ceding Campaspe to Apelles

1819

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The story

Langlois made this black chalk presentation drawing in preparation for his painting Generosity of Alexander, which won a first-prize medal at the Paris Salon of 1819. It shows the king giving his mistress Campaspe to Apelles, the painter who fell in love with her while sketching her.

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Object details

Title: Alexander Ceding Campaspe to Apelles
Artist: Jérôme-Martin Langlois
Date: 1819
Culture: Not recorded
Medium: Drawing
Object type: Drawings
Collection: J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Credit line: Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain.
Object number: EFA.1115
Original image: 3840 × 2924 px
Source record: View on Wikimedia Commons
License evidence: See the license

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Jérôme-Martin Langlois. Alexander Ceding Campaspe to Apelles. 1819. J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain. In The Secret Cabinet, https://thesecretcabinet.com/object/ea1115/