Alexander the Great Offering Campaspe to Apelles
date: label: Date
content: 18th century
name: label: Designer
content: Johann Martin Weis, French, 1711 - 1751
label: Print Maker
content: Johann Martin Weis, French, 1711 - 1751
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Scene of Apelles painting a portrait of Campaspe, who sits nude with her feet on pillows. In the background, Alexander the Great gestures to Campaspe to offer her to Apelles. The plate is signed but not numbered.
place: label: made in
content: Germany
label: published in
content: Paris, France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1921-6-285-118
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching and engraving on off-white laid paper