Calumny of Apelles; to right sits a king with large ears, Ignorance and Suspicion stand nearby, approaching are Calumny with a flaming torch, Innocence, Envy, Guile and Deceit, to left are Repentance and Truth.
The Calumny of Apelles
Production date
circa 1565
Collection
Object number
1959,0214.1
Material
Pen and grey-brown ink with a wash in grey and brown ink; Calumnia's face reworked in black and white ink and white gouache by a different hand; Calumnia's left hand reworked with pen and brown ink by a different hand
Inscription
Signed at lower right, damaged and partly reworked by a different hand: M.D.LXV./ P. BRUEG.; inscribed at various points throughout the drawing, from left to right: [V]ERITAS, PENI[T]ENCIA, INSIDIAE, FALLACIA, CALUMNIA, LYVOR, SU[SP]ICIO, IGNORAMCIA
Dimensions
30.6 cm x 20.3 cm
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