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Alexander the Great coming into Apelles’s Shop, and speaking improperly of some Pictures that were there exposed to view, Apelles told him frankly: Sir, as long as you did not talk about our Art, every one here had an admiration and Respect for your Majesty; but as soon as you have pretended to judge of our Works, my very Prentices, who grind my Colours, could not forbear laughing.
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Alexandre le grand ètant entré dans la Boutique d’Apelles & parlant, en mauvais Termes de quelques Tableaux qui y ètoient exposez, Apelles lui dit franchement: Sire, tant que vous me parliez, point de nôtre Art, chacun n’avoit ici pour vôtre Majesté que de l’admiration & du Respect: Mais aussi-tôt que vous avez voulu juger de nos Ouvrages, mes Apprentiss mêmes qui broyent mes Couleurs, n’ont pû s’empêcher de rire.