Antiphilus

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Antiphilus was an ancient Greek painter from Naucratis,[1][2] Egypt, in the age of Alexander the Great. He worked for Philip II of Macedon and Ptolemy I of Egypt. Thus he was a contemporary of Apelles, whose rival he is said to have been, but he seems to have worked in quite another style. Quintilian speaks of his facility: the descriptions of his works which have come down to us show that he excelled in light and shade, in genre representations, and in caricature.

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  1. ^ The Epochs of Painting Characterized by Ralph Nicholson Wornum[1]
  2. ^ A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities by William Smith[2]

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