Wilton album, folio 18f: Apollo and Daphne; to the right, the nymph seen frontally, a river god at her feet

ca. 1540
Not on view
On folio 18 with nine other prints: 27.78.1(78-82 and 84-87)
For more information on the Wilton album see entry for 27.78.1(1-428)
Not described by Bartsch; this very lightly ethced composition is closely related to a version in which Daphne appears on the left ( 27.78.1(79); Richardson 1980 no. 100) as well as to a third version in which Daphne's body is more fully developed (27.78.2 (107; Richardson 1980 no. 101)

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Object Information
  • Title: Wilton album, folio 18f: Apollo and Daphne; to the right, the nymph seen frontally, a river god at her feet
  • Artist: Andrea Schiavone (Andrea Meldola) (Italian, Zadar (Zara) ca. 1510?–1563 Venice)
  • Date: ca. 1540
  • Medium: Etching and drypoint
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 6 5/16 × 4 1/16 in. (16 × 10.3 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1927
  • Object Number: 27.78.1(83)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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