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Print, Daphne Encountered by Apollo

This is a Print. It was print maker: Giovanni Volpato and after Johann August Nahl The Younger. It is dated ca. 1790–1800 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is engraving on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Sarah Cooper Hewitt and Eleanor Garnier Hewitt. It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

45.6 × 36.9 cm (17 15/16 × 14 1/2 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed below, lower left: Augusts Nahl pinx I; lower center: DAFNI E FILLE [and a four-line verse]; lower right: Apud-Joan. Volpato.; lower left corner: No. II.

Cite this object as

Print, Daphne Encountered by Apollo; Print Maker: Giovanni Volpato (Italian, 1740 - 1803); After Johann August Nahl The Younger (German, 1752 - 1825); Italy; engraving on paper; 45.6 × 36.9 cm (17 15/16 × 14 1/2 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1931-94-30

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