Apelles
A celebrated painter of Cos, or, as others say, of Ephesus; son of Pithius, He lived in the age of Alexander the Great, who forbade anyone but Apelles to paint his portrait... He was so absorbed in his profession that he never allowed a day to pass without employing himself at his art; hence the proverb of Nulla dies sine lined. His most perfect picture was Venus Anadyomene, which was not quite finished when he died.
He painted a picture in which a horse was a prominent feature, and so correctly was it delineated that a horse passing by it neighed, supposing it to be alive. He was ordered by Alexander to paint a portrait of one of his favorites-Campaspe. While painting her picture, Apelles became enamored with her and married her. He only put his name to three of his pictures-a sleeping Venus, Venus Anadyomene, and an Alexander.