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.
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Hieronymus Cock
RKD
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Matthijs Cock
RKD
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Hieronymus Cock
RKD
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| Title | Daphne, Pursued by Apollo, Changed into a Laurel Tree |
| Date | ca. 1551 - 1558 |
| Period | 16th century |
| Location | Antwerp TGN |
| Medium and support | etching AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | printed inscription in the representation, bottom left: Cock. Fe |
| inscription in the representation, bottom left: Daphne in arborem/ transformatur | |
| inscription outside the depiction, bottom left: Cock | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | etching AAT |
| Inventory number | 2014-N |
| Acquisition credit |
unknown
2014 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-N |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11730/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300417629
mythologies (religious concept)
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT 300015636 landscapes AAT 300015571 cityscapes (representations) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
21D
water (one of the four elements)
Iconclass
25G3 trees Iconclass 25G3(LAUREL) trees: laurel Iconclass 25H2 landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone) Iconclass 25H213 river Iconclass 25I city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions Iconclass 25I12 prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city Iconclass 33B9 flight, running away; pursuing Iconclass 42D232 elopement, running away Iconclass 44G316 escape, escape attempts Iconclass 46C112 bridge Iconclass 48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass 83(OVID, Metamorphoses) (scenes from) specific works of literature (OVID, Metamorphoses) Iconclass 9 Classical Mythology and Ancient History Iconclass 92 gods ~ classical mythology Iconclass 92B3 (story of) Apollo (Phoebus) Iconclass 92L3 nymphs (in general); 'Ninfe in commune' (Ripa) Iconclass 92L312 Naiads, river- and spring-nymphs; usually carrying an urn; 'Naiadi, ninfe de' fiumi' (Ripa) Iconclass 92L32(DAPHNE) single named nymphs (DAPHNE) Iconclass 97AA1 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 |
| School / Style | Renaissance AAT |
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