Caption
Apollo Pursues Daphne, Story of Apollo and Daphne, print, Series number, 3, 4, Apollo pursues the fleeing Daphne. Apollo was struck by Cupid's golden arrow, which ignites love, and Daphne by Cupid's lead arrow, which drives love away. In the background on the left, the river god Peneus, Daphne's father. On the right, Apollo and Daphne during her metamorphosis into a laurel tree. Italian text in two columns in the bottom margin. Numbered bottom right: 3., printmaker: Master of the Dice, Italy, after design by Baldassare Peruzzi, c. 1530 - c. 1560, Master of the Dice, Baldassare Peruzzi, printmaker, after design by, paper, engraving, intaglio printmaking technique, engraving with plate tone, height 237 mm x width 181 ppi, This print is part of a series of four prints depicting the story of Apollo and Daphne., 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), Apollo pursuing the nymph Daphne (as yet not metamorphosed), A sepia-toned engraving shows two semi-nude classical figures running across a landscape, the nearer figure reaching toward the other whose hair streams behind her and whose arms are raised. Both wear flowing drapery around their torsos and hips that billows with motion. In the background there are additional smaller figures near trees, one carrying a sheaf of branches, and a rocky outcrop with trees and vegetation. The sky is filled with horizontal hatch marks and scattered puffy clouds, and the ground is detailed with grass, stones, and low plants.
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Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26B37_267
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37.0Mb (11.5Mb) / 10.4in x 13.8in / 3134 x 4125 (300dpi)