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Apollo omhelst Daphne
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Apollo omhelst Daphne

Théodore Chassériau

1844

Medium

lithography

Dimensions

h 447mm × w 311mm

Collection

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Materials

paper

Object Type

print

Subject Matter

Apollo pursuing the nymph Daphne (as yet not metamorphosed); Daphne changed into a laurel-tree: while fleeing from Apollo, Daphne is changed into a laurel-tree by her father Peneus (Ovid, Metamorphoses I 548)

Production Place

Paris; Paris

Acquisition Method

purchase

Acquired

1968

Notes

annotation: ‘47951 / 650,-’

Collection Type

prints

About Théodore Chassériau

1819–1856 • France

Born in the Dominican Republic. Painter of decorative schemes, portraits, nudes, and North African scenes. Perhaps most famous for the decoration of the Cour des Comptes in the Palais d'Orsay; he combined Ingres' classical linear grace with Delacroix's Romantic color. Comment on works: history

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