MUSI, Agostino de
Description
Apollo and Daphne
engraving
7 x 9" SHEET
Engraving of Eros tormenting Apollo, the Greek god of the sun and the arts, Eros, the god of love, shoots him with one of his golden-tipped arrows, filling Apollo with unbridled passion for the nymph Daphne. Eros also struck Daphne but with a lead-tipped arrow which made her spurn Apollos advances. Daphne, in the midst of being hotly pursued by Apollo, begs her father, a river god, Open the earth to enclose me, or change my form, which has brought me into this danger! Hearing her plea, Daphnes father transforms her into a laurel tree as Apollo looks on in surprise. Knowing he can never Daphne as his wife, Apollo adopts the laurel as his sacred tree.
Date
1518
Creator
MUSI, Agostino de
b. Italy, 1490 - 1536
Source
Ala Story Print Collection
Identifier
1967.4
Collection
Citation
MUSI, Agostino de and b. Italy, 1490 - 1536, “MUSI, Agostino de,” UCSB ADA Museum Omeka, accessed November 25, 2024, http://art-collections.museum.ucsb.edu/items/show/6483.