Caption:
Protogenes, ancient Greek painter, a contemporary rival of Apelles, 4th century BC. Born in Caunus, on the coast of Caria, but lived in Rhodes. Protogenes Caunius. Copperplate engraving by Philipp Kilian after an illustration by Joachim von Sandrart from his LAcademia Todesca, della Architectura, Scultura & Pittura, oder Teutsche Academie, der Edlen Bau- Bild- und Mahlerey-Kunste, German Academy of Architecture, Sculpture and Painting, Jacob von Sandrart, Nuremberg, 1675.