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Apelles

370 BC - 306 BC

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

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

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

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Apelles ranks 109 out of 2,023. Before 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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Among people born in 370 BC, Apelles ranks 1. After 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 1. After him is Alcetas II of Epirus.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Apelles ranks 147 out of 1,347. Before 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).

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Among PAINTERS In Türkiye

Among painters born in Türkiye, Apelles ranks 1. After 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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