Alexander_and_Aristotle.jpg

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English: Aristotle teaching Alexander the Great

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1866

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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)
Alternative names	Charles Laplante (graveur sur bois)
Description	French engraver, illustrator and lithographer
Date of birth/death	14 September 1837	16 June 1903
Location of birth/death	Sévres	Paris
Work period	1867-1900
Authority file	: Q2959569 VIAF : 59353462 ISNI : 0000000001186207 LCCN : nr90008649 SUDOC : 13423524X BNF : 14952845z WorldCat

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