Generosity of Alexander
Generosity of Alexander is a neoclassical style, oil-on-canvas painting by Jérôme-Martin Langlois. The painting was exhibited at the 1819 Paris Salon and won a first-prize medal. It is currently on display at the Musée des Augustins in Toulouse, France. In the painting, Alexander the Great gives his concubine, Campaspe, as a gift to the painter Apelles when he sees that the painter has fallen in love with her. The painting is a depiction of a well-known and perhaps apocryphal story of Alexander the Great's generosity.
| Generosity of Alexander | |
|---|---|
| French: Générosité d'Alexandre | |
| Artist | Jérôme-Martin Langlois |
| Completion date | 1819 |
| Medium | oil on canvas |
| Movement | Neoclassical style |
| Subject | Alexander the Great Campaspe Apelles |
| Dimensions | 287 cm (113 in) x 356.9 cm (140.5 in) |
| Location | Musée des Augustins, Toulouse, France |
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