Netherlandish Printers' Devices Northern & Southern Netherlands · 15th–17th century
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Apollo pursuing the nymph Daphne; she is changing into a tree; this scene is framed by the personifications of Poetry (a woman with a laurel wreath, a quill and a sheet of paper) and Painting (woman with a wreath, a palette and brushes), a coat of arms of Middelburg between two putti holding an inscribed banderole, books and foliage

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Apollo pursuing the nymph Daphne; she is changing into a tree; this scene is framed by the personifications of Poetry (a woman with a laurel wreath, a quill and a sheet of paper) and Painting (woman with a wreath, a palette and brushes), a coat of arms of Middelburg between two putti holding an inscribed banderole, books and foliage

PICTORIBUS ATQUE POETIS (LA); T'IS AL GOET WAT CUNSTE DOET (NL)

Iconclass notations

25F62(+33) bony fishes (+ head of an animal)
25FF3 fabulous animals ~ birds
25G3(+22) trees (+ branch, stick)
25G3(LAUREL)(+22) trees: laurel (+ branch, stick)
31A27112 running
31A444 anthropomorphic beings with parts of abnormal shape
31AA4524(+3) monsters ~ hoofed animals - AA - female human figure (+ legs, wings, etc.)
41A422 hangings and drapery
43A(+12) festivities (+ wreath, garland ~ festive activities)
44A1(+4)(MIDDELBURG)
44B152411 fool's cap
44B192 sceptre, staff (symbol of sovereignty)
45K13 fortress
46C132(+82) riding on animal other than horse, ass, or mule (+ sitting on animal with both legs on one side, riding side-saddle)
48A98(+2) ornaments ~ art (+ framing decorations)
48A982 anthropomorphic ornament
48A98313 branches, 'Astwerk' ~ ornament
48A9856 ornament derived from architectural details
48C510:5(+11) 'Pictura', symbolic representations, allegories and emblems ~ painting; 'Pittura' (Ripa)❧Abstract Ideas and Concepts (+ abstract concept represented by female figure)
48C514 picture, painting
48C5152 palette
48C5153 brushes ~ implements of painter
48C7323(+0) lute, and special forms of lute, e.g.: theorbo (+ variant)
48C7352 horn, trumpet, cornet, trombone, tuba
48C7525 one person playing wind instrument
48C901:5(+11) symbolic representations, allegories and emblems ~ poetry; 'Poesia' (Ripa)❧Abstract Ideas and Concepts (+ abstract concept represented by female figure)
49L16 letter combinations such as letterword, anagram, letter square, monogram, etc.
49L511 quill
49L71 scroll
49L73 banderole
49L8 inscription
49M32 book
59B32(+1111) Fame; 'Fama', 'Fama buona', 'Fama chiara' (Ripa) (+ nude with wings)
61E(MIDDELBURG) names of cities and villages (MIDDELBURG)
92B325 Apollo pursuing the nymph Daphne (as yet not metamorphosed)
97AA1 Daphne changed into a laurel-tree: while fleeing from Apollo, Daphne is changed into a laurel-tree by her father Peneus (Ovid, Metamorphoses I 548)