Apollo and Daphne
before 1688 | Jakob Auer
In his Metamorphosis, Ovid tells of the nymph Daphne, who eluded the desires of the sun god Apollo by turning herself into a laurel tree (Greek daphne, laurel). The two-figure group depicts the beginning of this transformation. In travel reports from the Baroque period, the virtuoso piece of carving was already considered a major work of the Viennese imperial treasury.
In his Metamorphosis, Ovid tells of the nymph Daphne, who eluded the desires of the sun god Apollo by turning herself into a laurel tree (Greek daphne, laurel). The two-figure group depicts the beginning of this transformation. In travel reports from the Baroque period, the virtuoso piece of carving was already considered a major work of the Viennese imperial treasury.
Artist:
Jakob Auer (um 1645 Haimingersberg - 1706 Grins) DNB
Time:
before 1688
Object Name
Statuette; ivory carving
Culture
Vienna
Material/technology:
Ivory
Dimensions:
H. 43,9 cm
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Kunstkammer
Invs.
Kunstkammer, 4537