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protogenes

Greek painter, contemporary and rival of Apelles, noted for the care and time he devoted to each of his paintings. He lived most of his life at Rhodes. Little else is known of him, and none of his paintings survives. The "Ialysus" and the "Resting Satyr" were among the most renowned of his works

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