Landscape with Apollo and Daphne, from the Series of Six Mythological Scenes
17th century
Medium
Etching; first state of three
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1995
Accession Number
1995.584.2
Tags
Art Historical Context
In the 17th-century etching *Landscape with Apollo and Daphne Dutch artist Anthonie Waterloo masterfully blends mythology with his signature pastoral landscapes. Part of a rare *Series of Six Mythological*, this first-state impression captures the dramatic pursuit from Ovid's *Metamorphoses*: the god Apollo chases the nymph Daphne, transforms into a laurel to escape his love. Waterloo, a pioneering etcher influenced by Rembrandt and the Dutch Golden Age, populates a lush, wooded vista with ancient figures, evoking both classical lore and the era's fascination with nature's sublime power. Etch...
About the Artist
Anthonie Waterloo · 1609–1690
Anthonie Waterloo (1609–1690) was a prominent Dutch Golden Age landscape artist, born on May 6 in Lille, then part of the Spanish Netherlands. Little is known of his early life beyond his mother, Magdalena Vaillant, who joined Amsterdam's Walloon Church in 1621, with Waterloo following in 1630; no records exist of formal training, and he was likely self-taught. Registered as a painter in Amsterdam...