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| Keywords: Workshop of Guido Durantino - Plate with Apollo and Daphne - Walters 481368.jpg This plate belongs to a large set of tableware commissioned by Duke Anne de Montmorency 1493-1567 from the Durantino workshop in 1535 The subject is taken from The Metamorphoses by the 1st-century Roman poet Ovid Cupid god of erotic love tricks the god Apollo into falling in love with Daphne daughter of the river-god Peneus Apollo chases the frightened nymph until when he is about to catch her she comes to the river of her father depicted here and prays to him to save her He changes her into a laurel tree and the devastated Apollo makes a vow forever to venerate the tree that was once Daphne The nymph was a traditional symbol of virtue 1535 Renaissance earthenware with tin glaze maiolica cm 3 4 24 7 accession number 48 1368 20880 Baron Seillière date and mode of acquisition unknown Clarke date and mode of acquisition unknown no 609 Henry Walters Baltimore 1916 mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1916 Apollo Seguita/Daphne qual se/ converh in Luaro+/ The Taste of Maryland Art Collecting in Maryland 1800-1934 The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1984 Le dressoir du prince services d'apparat à la Renaissance Musée national de la Renaissance Ecouen 1995-1996 place of origin Urbino Italy Walters Art Museum license Italian Renaissance maiolica in the Walters Art Museum Guido Durantino Apollo and Daphne Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
