Apollo chases Daphne, master of the dice, after bingassare peruzzi, c. 1530 - c. 1560 print Apollo pursues the fleeing Daphne. Apollo was struck by Amors Golden Pijl, which causes love to ignite, and Daphne by Amors Lodenpijl, who drives back love. In the background on the left the river god Peneus, the father of Daphne. On the right Apollo and Daphne during her metamorphosis in a laurel tree. Italian text in two columns in STUDMARGE. Numbered below: 3. Italy paper engraving Apollo pursuing the nymph Daphne (as yet not metamorphosed). Daphne changed into a laurel-tree: while fleeing from Apoll
Apollo chases Daphne, master of the dice, after bingassare peruzzi, c. 1530 - c. 1560 print Apollo pursues the fleeing Daphne. Apollo was struck by Amors Golden Pijl, which causes love to ignite, and Daphne by Amors Lodenpijl, who drives back love. In the background on the left the river god Peneus, the father of Daphne. On the right Apollo and Daphne during her metamorphosis in a laurel tree. Italian text in two columns in STUDMARGE. Numbered below: 3. Italy paper engraving Apollo pursuing the nymph Daphne (as yet not metamorphosed). 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)
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