Daphne, Pursued by Apollo, Changed into a Laurel Tree

Public Domain

Artist(s) / maker(s)

Matthijs Cock (after)
,
Hieronymus Cock (publisher)

Date

ca. 1551 - 1558

Period

16th century

Collection

Museum of Fine Arts Ghent
Daphne runs ahead of Apollo in a river landscape with two cities connected by a bridge over a wide river. The nymph is fleeing from the infatuated god, turning into a laurel tree. The print is part of a series of 13 landscapes with Biblical and mythological scenes.

More about this work

Features
Artist(s) / maker(s) Matthijs Cock , Hieronymus Cock VIAF RKD Wikidata
Type etching
Category prints (visual works)
Material paper
Dimensions 222 x 303 mm
Location Work currently not on display
Object number 2014-N
Description
Subjects mythologies (religious concept) , figures (representations) , landscapes , cityscapes (representations)
Tags Classical Mythology and Ancient History Iconclass, gods ~ classical mythology Iconclass, prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city Iconclass, city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions Iconclass, landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone) Iconclass, river Iconclass, water (one of the four elements) Iconclass, bridge Iconclass, elopement, running away Iconclass, escape, escape attempts Iconclass, flight, running away; pursuing Iconclass, 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) Iconclass, single named nymphs (DAPHNE) Iconclass, (story of) Apollo (Phoebus) Iconclass, nymphs (in general); 'Ninfe in commune' (Ripa) Iconclass, Naiads, river- and spring-nymphs; usually carrying an urn; 'Naiadi, ninfe de' fiumi' (Ripa) Iconclass, (scenes from) specific works of literature (OVID, Metamorphoses) Iconclass, trees Iconclass, trees: laurel Iconclass, art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass
Linked open data
Data PURL https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-N
IIIF manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11730/manifest.json
LIDO XML https://datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_lido&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:2014-N
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