Plate with Apollo and Daphne Plate with Daphne chased by Apollo, Plate of multi-colored majolica. On the plate a depiction of Daphne that turns into a laurel, chased by Apollo, while her father, the river god Peneus, watches. On the back of the board the inscription: 'Vidio narra de Dafano e appolo' painted, Daphne changed to a laurel-tree: while fleeing from Apollo, Daphne has changed to a laurel-tree by her father Peneus (Ovid, Metamorphoses I 548 ), anonymous, Pesaro, c. 1550 - c. 1560, earthenware, tin glaze, lead glaze, h 2.7 cm × d 22.0 cm
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Plate, Apollo, Daphne Plate, Daphne chased, multi-colored majolica, plate, depiction, Daphne, turns, laurel, chased, father, river god Peneus, watches, back, board, inscription, Vidio narra de Dafano e appolo' painted, Daphne changed, laurel-tree, fleeing, changed, father Peneus, Ovid, Metamorphoses I 548, Pesaro, c, 1550, 1560, earthenware, tin glaze, lead glaze
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