Apollo and Daphne, Metamorphoses by Ovid (series title), When the nymph Daphne was pursued by Apollo, who had fallen in love with her, she begged her father Peneus for help. Peneus made sure that his daughter escaped her attacker by transforming her into a laurel tree. We see the moment when Daphne's arms turn into leafy branches, while Apollo wants to grab her. In the background, Amor, near the dead body of Python, strikes Apollo with one of his arrows. In the lower margin a four-line explanation, in two columns, in Latin., print maker: Hendrick Goltzius, (workshop of), after design by: Hendrick Goltzius, Franco Estius, Haarlem, 1589, paper, engraving, height 178 mm × width 256 mm
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