Apoll verfolgt Daphne durch einen alten Wald

Title

Apoll verfolgt Daphne durch einen alten Wald

Draughtsman

• Franz Innocenz Josef Kobell

Period Produced

• 18th century

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• Vergé paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• washing

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• landscape study
• figure study

Captions Added Later

Verso unten mittig Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• landscape
• historical narration
• mythological representation

Persons Shown

• Apollo
• Daphne

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Ovid

Illustrated Passage

• Ovid: Metamorphosen, 1, 545-556

Primary

• 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)

Secondary

• 25H15 forest, wood