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Daphne standing in the centre, her arms turning into branches while being chased by Apollo, the river god Peneus leaning on a vase lower left, from the 'Theatrum Pictorium'

Theodor van Kessel Dutch
Intermediary draughtsman David Teniers the Younger Flemish
After Andrea Schiavone (Andrea Meldola) Italian

ca. 1656–60

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Title: Daphne standing in the centre, her arms turning into branches while being chased by Apollo, the river god Peneus leaning on a vase lower left, from the 'Theatrum Pictorium'

Series/Portfolio: Theatrum Pictorium

Artist: Theodor van Kessel (Dutch, 1620–1660)

Artist: Intermediary draughtsman David Teniers the Younger (Flemish, Antwerp 1610–1690 Brussels)

Artist: After Andrea Schiavone (Andrea Meldola) (Italian, Zadar (Zara) ca. 1510?–1563 Venice)

Date: ca. 1656–60

Medium: Etching

Dimensions: Sheet: 8 9/16 × 6 9/16 in. (21.8 × 16.6 cm)

Classification: Prints

Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949

Accession Number: 49.95.2573

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