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This is a drawing of a mythological scene with figures in dramatic poses. The image shows two central figures and a cherub in the background against a cloudy backdrop in shades of brown.
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This is a drawing of a mythological scene with figures in dramatic poses. The image shows two central figures and a cherub in the background against a cloudy backdrop in shades of brown.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Apollo and Daphne

Per Gustaf Floding

Date
1762
Medium
etching and aquatint with roulette printed in brown on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 34.9 × 27.4 cm (13 3/4 × 10 13/16 in.) sheet: 58.1 × 42.2 cm (22 7/8 × 16 5/8 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2018.91.5
Credit line
Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund
Time span
1751 to 1775
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record

Subjects and terms

  • etching
  • aquatint
  • classical
  • mythology
  • roulette
Provenance

(James A. Bergquist, Newton Centre, MA); purchased 2018 by NGA.

Inscription

In plate, below image, at left: F. Boucher Invenit.; in plate, below image, at right: P. Floding Svecus Sculpsit Parisiis 1762; in plate, below image, at center: A. S. Ex.ce Monseigneur Le Baron Charles Frederic de Scheffer, / Senateur de Svede, Gouverneur de S.A. R. le Prince Hereditaire, et des autres / Princes Royaux, Commendeur des Or=dres du Roy / Par son trèsHumble très Obeissant et très Obligé Serviteur P. Floding. / A Paris de l’Auteur Rue l’Eveque entre les Rives D’argenteuil et St. Anne au Car=refour des 4 Chéminées la 3 Porte Cochere a gauche chez Madame Dérisevlle.

Watermarks

town gate or dovecote

NGA object ID 215401. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.