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Maker(s):Chassériau, Théodore
Culture:French (1819 - 1856)
Title:Apollo et Daphne
Date Made:1844
Type:Print
Materials:lithograph on paper
Place Made:France
Measurements:sheet: 8 15/16 x 6 5/16 in.; 22.7013 x 16.0338 cm
Narrative Inscription:  initialed on stone at lower right: T.C.
Accession Number:  SC 1930.1.3
Credit Line:Purchased
Museum Collection:  Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
Print of Apollo, clearly distressed, on his knees with one arm strewn around the waist of Daphne, and the other gesturing in the air, while she is transforming into a tree. The figures are in a thicket of forest. Mythology; Greek mythology; nymph; forest; romantic love; tragic love

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