ID: 700007467 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700007467	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles (oil painting (visual work); Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, 1696 - 1770) (Italian Ar...; about 1740; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 2000.6)

Note: Apelles won fame as court painter to Alexander the Great, who decreed that no other artist could paint his portrait. Though none of Apelles's works survive, his reputation as the greatest painter of antiquity endures through the praise of ancient writers. Perhaps the most popular anecdote is told by Pliny the Elder about Alexander's commission of a nude portrait of his favorite concubine, Campaspe. The story became a paradigm of art's transformative powers because, as Apelles captures her beauty on canvas, he falls in love with his sitter. A regular visitor to the studio, Alexander sees that Apelles is love-struck and such is his esteem that he grants Campaspe to his painter. As Pliny states, he "presented not only his bedmate but his affection also to the artist" (Natural History 35.36.87). From the Renaissance, painters favored this story because it promoted the nobility of painting. Celebrating the power of beauty and art, the subject became a natural vehicle for painters to demonstrate their best work.

Titles:

Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

oil painting (visual work) [300033799] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, paintings (visual works), <paintings by material or technique>)

Classifications:

paintings (preferred)

Creation Date: about 1740

Creator Display:

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, 1696 - 1770) (Italian Artist) [preferred,JPGM]

Tiepolo, Giovanni Battista (Venetian painter, 1696-1770) [500018523]

Locations:

Current: J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500329598] J. Paul Getty Museum, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 2000.6

Other: Creation: Italia [1000080] Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: Oil on canvas

	oil paint (paint) [300015050]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>)

	canvas (textile material) [300014078]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, textile materials, <textile materials by process or technique>)

Dimensions: Unframed: 42.5 x 54 cm (16 3/4 x 21 1/4 in.); Framed: 58.4 x 70.5 x 6 cm (23 x 27 3/4 x 2 3/8 in.)

Cultures:

Italian (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Rococo [300021155] (preferred,style)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods>)

	Baroque [300021147] (style)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods>)

General Subject:

history and legend (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	Alexander the Great (Macedonian king, 356-323 BCE) [500280655]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	Apelles (Greek painter, active late 4th century BCE) [500021288]
	.....(Persons, Artists) (ULAN)

	Campaspe (concubine of Alexander the Great, active 4th century BCE) [500355279]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	studio (work space) [300007725]
	.....(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, building divisions, rooms and spaces, <rooms and spaces by function>, <work and instructional spaces>) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]

Note:
English	..... [JPGM,VP]
	..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)