Daphne turns into a laurel tree, Hendrick Goltzius (workshop of), After Hendrick Goltzius, 1589 print When the Nymph Daphne was chased by Apollo, who had fallen in love with her, she begged her father Peneus (a river god) for help. He ensured that his daughter escaped her attacker by turning her into a laurel tree. You can see the moment when Daphnes arms turn into leafy branches, while Apollo wants to grab her. In the background Cupido that Apollo affects Python's dead body with one of his arrows. Two times two lines of Latin text under the performance. This print is part of a series of 52 pr
Daphne turns into a laurel tree, Hendrick Goltzius (workshop of), After Hendrick Goltzius, 1589 print When the Nymph Daphne was chased by Apollo, who had fallen in love with her, she begged her father Peneus (a river god) for help. He ensured that his daughter escaped her attacker by turning her into a laurel tree. You can see the moment when Daphnes arms turn into leafy branches, while Apollo wants to grab her. In the background Cupido that Apollo affects Python's dead body with one of his arrows. Two times two lines of Latin text under the performance. This print is part of a series of 52 prints that represent stories from Ovid's metamorphoses. This series falls into three numbered series: two of 20 prints and one of 12 prints. This print belongs to the first series. Haarlem paper engraving Daphne changed into a laurel-tree: while fleeing from Apollo, Daphne is changed into a laurel-tree by her father Peneus (Ovid, Metamorphoses I 548). single named nymphs (with NAME). Apollo pursuing the nymph Daphne (as yet not metamorphosed)
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