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Description: | The figures are classical in appearance and probably represent Cupid and Apollo. No particular mythological episode can be definitively identified; it may be the story of their rivalry, considering the prominence of their quivers of arrows and Apollo's tall bow and haughty demeanour. In Metamorphoses (Book 1) Ovid tells how Apollo, proud of having just shot the monstrous Python, mocked Cupid as a mere child playing with arrows. In revenge, Cupid caused Apollo to fall in love with the nymph Daphne, whom he made resistant to love. Daphne escaped Apollo's pursuit by praying to her father (the river god Peneus), who changed her into a laurel tree. | Subjects: | landscape; mythology (Apollo;Cupid) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Italian School Æ Attributed to | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8636... | Go to resource |
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