Biblical and mythological scenes Leaf with eight performances. Upstairs: four Biblical scenes Where: under the deluge. Under four mythological scenes, including Apollo and Daphne and Pan and Syrinx. Under each image for a caption. Signature middle: F. Manufacturer : publisher Claes Jansz. Visscher (II) (listed building) printmaker: anonymous place manufacture: Publisher: Amsterdam Print Author: Netherlands Date: 1601 - after 1652 Physical features: etching with hand colored in green, red, blue and yellow; uncut sheet material: paper Technique: etching / hand color dimensions: sheet: H 399 mm ×
Biblical and mythological scenes Leaf with eight performances. Upstairs: four Biblical scenes Where: under the deluge. Under four mythological scenes, including Apollo and Daphne and Pan and Syrinx. Under each image for a caption. Signature middle: F. Manufacturer : publisher Claes Jansz. Visscher (II) (listed building) printmaker: anonymous place manufacture: Publisher: Amsterdam Print Author: Netherlands Date: 1601 - after 1652 Physical features: etching with hand colored in green, red, blue and yellow; uncut sheet material: paper Technique: etching / hand color dimensions: sheet: H 399 mm × W 326 mmplaatrand: H 363 mm × W 255 mm Subject: Old Testamentthe Flood and destruction of mankind ~ story of Noah (Genesis 7:10 - 8 17) Daphne changed into a laurel-tree: while fleeing from Apollo, Daphne was changed into a laurel-tree by her father Peneus (Ovid, Metamorphoses I 548) Syrinx changed into a reed: while fleeing from Pan, the nymph Syrinx is changed into reed by her sisters, the Naiads (Ovid, Metamorphoses I 705) Apollo shoots Python, the dragon mercury beheads Argus
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