Pittore

Apelles

370 BC - 306 BC

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Apelle (in greco antico: Ἀπελλῆς?, Apellês; Colofone, 375-370 a.C. circa – Coo, fine IV secolo a.C.) è stato un pittore greco antico. Plinio il Vecchio, al quale dobbiamo molta della nostra conoscenza di questo artista, da lui descritto nella Naturalis historia (libro XXXV), lo giudicò superiore agli artisti precedenti e successivi. Egli collocò il floruit di Apelle intorno alla 112ª Olimpiade (332-329 a.C.). Leggi di più su Wikipedia

His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia. Apelles is the 109th most popular pittore (up from 120th in 2024), the 147th most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 143rd in 2019) and the most popular Turkish Pittore.

Apelles is most famous for his painting of the goddess Aphrodite.

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Among Pittores

Among pittores, Apelles ranks 109 out of 2,023Before him are Hans Memling, Antonio da Correggio, Matthias Grünewald, Lisa del Giocondo, Ivan Aivazovsky, and Jacob van Ruisdael. After him are William-Adolphe Bouguereau, Georges de La Tour, Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, Pontormo, Pieter Brueghel the Younger, and Yayoi Kusama.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 370 BC, Apelles ranks 1After him are Craterus, Cleitus the Black, Eudemus of Rhodes, Callippus, Neoptolemus I of Epirus, and Hui Shi. Among people deceased in 306 BC, Apelles ranks 1After him is Alcetas II of Epirus.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Apelles ranks 147 out of 1,347Before him are Pope John VII (650), Maurice (539), Manuel II Palaiologos (1350), Dionysius Exiguus (475), Gregory of Nyssa (335), and John I Tzimiskes (925). After him are Saint Nino (296), Erasmus of Formia (300), Basil I (811), Attalus I (-269), Constans II (630), and Arrian (89).

Among Pittores In Türkiye

Among pittores born in Türkiye, Apelles ranks 1After him are Theophanes the Greek (1340), Parrhasius (-500), Princess Fahrelnissa Zeid (1901), Arshile Gorky (1904), Osman Hamdi Bey (1842), Iaia (-100), Jan Rustem (1762), Echion (-350), Halil Pasha (1857), Nevin Çokay (1930), and Hale Asaf (1905).

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