WorkGaius Plinius Secundus (Pliny the Elder)
Naturalis Historia [Natural History] (77 CE) Inferred
Gaius Plinius Secundus (Pliny the Elder) (23 CE–79 CE) · 77 CE
InferredFuller does not name the specific work but the Latin quotation 'Scripsit et de sua arte' referring to Apelles uniquely identifies Natural History Book 35.
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“So it might be said of / him as Pliny said of Apelles / Scripsit et de sua arte.”
Fuller, Margaret. "Notebook: Artists." Houghton Library, Harvard University; bMS Am 1086 (94); Box 6.
Inferred Fuller does not name the specific work but the Latin quotation 'Scripsit et de sua arte' referring to Apelles uniquely identifies Natural History Book 35.