ETIENNE DELAUNE (1518-83)
A design for a ewer with the story of Apollo and Daphne
c.1560-80RCIN 913053
Delaune made numerous meticulous designs for metalwork, among them this design for a ewer decorated with the story of Daphne. She spurned the advances of Apollo by turning into a laurel tree. Her transformation can be seen in the central medallion and in the handle, which is modelled as a woman with limbs of laurel.