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    The Calumny of Apelles, (painting).
    Artist: 
    Vanderlyn, John, 1775-1852, painter.
    Raphael, 1483-1520, painter. (copy after)
    Title: 
    The Calumny of Apelles, (painting).
    Dates: 
    1849.
    Medium: 
    Oil on canvas.
    Dimensions: 
    22 1/2 x 28 1/2 in. (57.2 x 72.4 cm).
    Inscription: 
    (Inscribed by the artist on a strip of paper attached to the bottom of the canvas:) After a drawing in bister by Raphiel(sic) composed from the description given by Lucien of a picture painted by Apelles/representing Calumny, on the occasion of a false accusation brought against the painter Apelles.
    Description: 
    This painting, taken from of sketch by Raphael, reproduces the subject of a painting by the Greek painter Apelles, which was described in classical times by Lucian, and mentioned in the Renaissance by Leon Battista Alberti in his treatise "De Pictura." In this painting there is a seated figure of Credulity with long ears, flanked by figures of Ignorance and Suspicion. Standing in front of them is Malice who precedes the female figure of Calumny. Calumny, dragging Innocence by the hair, is accompanied by Envy, Fraud, and Artifice. Behind this group is the hooded figure of Repentance, who turns to look at the naked figure of Truth.
    Subject: 
    Allegory
    Figure group
    Literature -- Alberti -- De Pictura
    Object Type: 
    Copy
    Painting
    Owner: 
    Metropolitan Museum of Art, 5th Avenue at 82nd Street, New York, New York 10028 Accession Number: 24.186
    Provenance: 
    Formerly in the collection of Vanderlyn, John, 1849-1852.
    Elmendorf, [Nicholas], Kingston, New York 1852.
    Vanderlyn, John, Jr., Kingston, New York 1852-1876.
    Vanderlyn, Catherine, Kingston, New York 1876-1892.
    Sharpe, George, Kingston, New York 892-1900.
    Sharpe, George, family of, 1900-1924.
    References: 
    Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1975.
    Gardner & Feld, "American Ptgs," Metropolitan Museum,. Vol. I, 1965, pg. 126-27.
    Caldwell, John, and Oswaldo Rodriguez Roque, "American Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume I: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born by 1815," New York, NY: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1994, pg. 266.
    Illustration: 
    Coll. Catalog, "American Paintings," Vol. I, pg. 127.
    Caldwell, John, and Oswaldo Rodriguez Roque, "American Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume I: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born by 1815," New York, NY: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1994, pg. 267.
    Note: 
    The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
    Repository: 
    Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
    Control Number: 
    IAP 36120103
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