Artwork Title: Apelles Painting Campaspe

Apelles Painting Campaspe, 1630

Willem Van Haecht

Artwork Title: Apelles Painting CampaspeArtwork Title: Apelles Painting Campaspe
This work by Willem van Haecht is endlessly fascinating. This room is filled with paintings that are all existing Flemish, German and Italian works of art. The statues, too, are well-known classics. This ‘kunstkamer’, or art room, was painted by Willem van Haecht. It was a popular subject, particularly in Antwerp. In the left foreground, Van Haecht depicted a story from classical antiquity. It shows Apelles painting the portrait of Campaspe, the lover of Alexander the Great. His patron thought the portrait was so beautiful that it could take Campaspe’s place, and he presented his lover to Apelles as a gift. Alexander chose art above nature. (https://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/explore/the-collection/artworks/apelles-painting-campaspe-266/)
41 x 59 in
Uploaded on Oct 9, 2014 by Suzan Hamer

Arthur is a
Digital Museum