Apollo doodt de draak Python en de metamorfose van Daphne, Virgilius Solis, 1524 - 1562

Title(s)

Apollo doodt de draak Python en de metamorfose van Daphne
Mythologische scènes (title on object)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-54.625

Catalogue reference

• Hollstein German 218

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228
• number: ‘67’

Artist

• print maker: Virgilius Solis (mentioned on object)

Place

Neurenberg

Dating

1524 - 1562

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving / etching / intaglio printmaking technique

Measurements

height 61 mm × width 92 mm

What

• Apollo shoots Python, the dragon
• cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'
• 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)

Acquisition

unknown 2006

Copyright

Public domain

• Virgil Solis : part I, p. 178-179, cat.nr. 218