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Phyllis and Aristotle  1530

by Lucas Cranach the Elder

The story of Phyllis on Aristotle dates back to the 13th century in German and French versions, but is much better known from [b]John Herold’s Latin version from the 14th century[/b]. Herold was a Dominican who compiled a number of exempla that could be used in sermons. According to this version, Aristotle had warned his student, Alexander the Great, to avoid intimate affa...
Size: 
55.3 × 35.3 cm (21.7 × 13.8 in)
Medium: 
Oil on panel
Credit: 
Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons