Raam met voorstelling Apelles 1882 - 1883

This stained glass window depicting Apelles was crafted by Stalins and Janssens. Here we have a figure from classical antiquity, identified by the inscription as Apelles, one of the most celebrated painters of ancient Greece, known for his portraits of Alexander the Great. The choice of stained glass, a medium historically associated with religious spaces, elevates the status of the artist. This window speaks to the 19th-century revival of classical ideals and the elevation of artists to heroic figures. The window would likely have been commissioned for a public building, perhaps a museum or an academy, to inspire a new generation of artists. To understand the full meaning of this piece, we would need to research the specific social and institutional context in which Stalins and Janssens were working, and the cultural values that led them to celebrate Apelles in this way.