Arellius Fuscus (fl. 8th century) was a Roman painter and rhetorician active in the 8th century.
Arellius was a rhetorician with an elegant and ornate style. And was the alleged tutor of the poet, Ovidius, and the senator, historian, and fellow rhetorician, Plinius. Who mentioned him in a letter. Arellius was also painter of some celebrity, at Roma, during the reign of Julian dynasty. From the manner in which he is mentioned by Plinius, he must have possessed considerable ability, though Plinius harshly criticizes his personal life and choice of models. As he gave the statues and busts of goddesses the features of his mistresses; hence it is, that there were always some figures of prostitutes to be seen in his pictures.
Arellius died in sometime in the 8th century, being succeeded by a son, named Quintus.
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