aglaophon

Updated: May 5, 2025

In his comparative presentation, in which the character of the art is each time associated with that of the age, he is compelled, without knowing or wishing it, to present a history of art. They say that the first celebrated painters whose works are visited not by reason of their antiquity alone, were Polygnotus and Aglaophon.

- The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 02 : Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes