Landscape with Apollo and Daphne, 1690 – 1710

Title

Landscape with Apollo and Daphne

Draughtsman

• Willem van Mieris

Period Produced

• 17th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Physical Description

Black and white chalk, on dark blue paper

Material

• chalk
• Vergé paper

Technique

• chalk drawing
• white heightening

Geographic Reference

• Netherlandish

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing

Captions Added Later

Verso unten links Stempel der Sammlung Rudolf Philipp Goldschmidt, Berlin (Lugt 2926)

Watermark

• Nicht vorhanden

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration
• mythological representation

Persons Shown

• Apollo
• Daphne

Illustrated Passage

• Ovid: Metamorphosen, 1,452-567

Primary

• 92B325 Apollo pursuing the nymph Daphne (as yet not metamorphosed)
• 25H114(+1) low hill country (+ landscape with figures, staffage)
• 25G3 trees