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NICHOLAS POUSSIN.
Mythological Subjects.
naiades, and around are six cupids; two of whom are reclining
on a bank in front, and three are ssying in the air. Engraved
by G. Audran, and in small, anonymous.
187. Apollo and Daphne. In this composition the deity
is represented sitting on a bank embracing affectionately the
half-transformed nymph ; a river god is recumbent near them,
with his hoary head resting on his hand, and a streaming vase
by his side. A group of four cupids are seen playing with a
cornucopia, and a fifth is ssying above, with a bow in his hand.
A quiver and a lyre are on a bank behind Apollo. Engraved
by Chauveau.
188. Apollo and Daphne. Like the preceding picture, the
moment represented is when the prayer of the beautiful
Daphne is granted, and in accordance with the description of
the poet:—
“ Scarce had she finished, when her feet she found
Benumb’d with cold, and fastened to the ground.
A filmy rind about her body grows ;
Her hair to leaves, her arms extend to boughs;
The Nymph is all into a laurel gone,
The smoothness of her skin remains alone :—
Yet Phoebus loves her still, and, casting round
Her bole his arms, some little warmth he found!”
The disappointed lover is bending by the side of the half-
transformed nymph, extending his arms to embrace the still
panting unligneous part. A river deity is seated at the foot
of the forming tree, bending his hoary head drowsily over his
NICHOLAS POUSSIN.
Mythological Subjects.
naiades, and around are six cupids; two of whom are reclining
on a bank in front, and three are ssying in the air. Engraved
by G. Audran, and in small, anonymous.
187. Apollo and Daphne. In this composition the deity
is represented sitting on a bank embracing affectionately the
half-transformed nymph ; a river god is recumbent near them,
with his hoary head resting on his hand, and a streaming vase
by his side. A group of four cupids are seen playing with a
cornucopia, and a fifth is ssying above, with a bow in his hand.
A quiver and a lyre are on a bank behind Apollo. Engraved
by Chauveau.
188. Apollo and Daphne. Like the preceding picture, the
moment represented is when the prayer of the beautiful
Daphne is granted, and in accordance with the description of
the poet:—
“ Scarce had she finished, when her feet she found
Benumb’d with cold, and fastened to the ground.
A filmy rind about her body grows ;
Her hair to leaves, her arms extend to boughs;
The Nymph is all into a laurel gone,
The smoothness of her skin remains alone :—
Yet Phoebus loves her still, and, casting round
Her bole his arms, some little warmth he found!”
The disappointed lover is bending by the side of the half-
transformed nymph, extending his arms to embrace the still
panting unligneous part. A river deity is seated at the foot
of the forming tree, bending his hoary head drowsily over his