Alexander (artists) explained

Alexander (Gr. Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Ἀλέξανδρος) was the name of a number of different artists in ancient Greece and Rome:^[1]

• Alexander, a painter, one of whose productions was said by Johann Joachim Winckelmann to be extant, painted on a marble tablet which bears his name.^[2]
• Alexander, a son of king Perseus of Macedon, who was a skillful metalsmith.^[3]
• Marcus Lollius Alexander, an engraver of gems, whose name occurs in an inscription in Doni.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Encyclopedia: Mason . Charles Peter . Alexander . . . 1 . 123 . . Boston . 1867 .
2. [Johann Joachim Winckelmann]
3. [Plutarch]
4. [Giovanni Battista Doni]