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English: Aristotle teaching Alexander the Great
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Derivative websource: http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/Alexander.htm

Engraving by Charles Laplante, a french engraver and illustrator.

This engraving was first inserted as illustration in the book of Louis Figuier, Vie des savants illustres - Savants de l'antiquité (tome 1), Paris, 1866. The subtitle of the illustration is "Education d'Alexandre par Aristote", and is inserted between the pages 134-135 (Chap. Aristote). The signature "C. LAPLANTE" is at the bottom-right. Charles Laplante is dead in 1903 and Louis Figuier in 1894. The book is digitalized by Google.
For a copy of the original engraving in his first french publication, see Education d'Alexandre par Aristote.
This engraving is also publish by the New York Public Library in his Digital Gallery with the subtitle : "Aristotle and his pupil, Alexander".
Author
Charles Laplante  (1837–1903)  wikidata:Q2959569
 
Alternative names
Charles Laplante (graveur sur bois)
Description French engraver, illustrator and lithographer
Date of birth/death 14 September 1837 Edit this at Wikidata 16 June 1903 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Sévres Paris
Work period 1867-1900
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creator QS:P170,Q2959569

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"That most enduring of romantic images, Aristotle tutoring the future conqueror Alexander". Illustration by Charles Laplante, 1866.

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07:13, 27 October 2005Thumbnail for version as of 07:13, 27 October 2005474 × 262 (31 KB)TomistiAristotle teaching Alexander the Great. Original source: http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/Alexander.htm {{PD-Old}} Category:Aristotle Category:Alexander the Great
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