Apelles
370 BC –306 BC
Painter, Writer
Lived 64 years
- Born in
- Colophon
- Passed away in
- Kos
Apelles of Kos (; Ancient Greek: Ἀπελλῆς; fl. 4th century BC) was a renowned painter of ancient Greece. Pliny the Elder, to whom much of modern scholars' knowledge of this artist is owed (Naturalis Historia 35.36.79–97 and passim), rated him superior to preceding and subsequent artists. He dated Apelles to the 112th Olympiad (332–329 BC), possibly because he had produced a portrait of Alexander the Great.
Notable works: Cyniska with chariot statues at Olympia
Source: Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apelles