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Painting of a man in an orange cloak with a lyre reaching toward a woman in blue drapery among green leaves, with a lake and hills behind.

Apollo and Daphne

A painting of a young man in a flowing orange-red cloak, holding a lyre, reaching toward a woman in blue-grey drapery who turns away amid dense green foliage. Barefoot figures stand on a wooded slope, with a distant lake and hills beyond under a pale sky.

Artist
John William Waterhouse
Date
1908
Medium
Source
Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
Size
937 × 1219 px
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Public domain · John William Waterhouse died 1917 and the work dates by 1908; public domain in the US and life+70 countries.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier B · as stated by the source: Public domain

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): John William Waterhouse, via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

Español: Apolo y Dafne

Una pintura de un joven con una capa fluida de tonos naranja rojizo, sosteniendo una lira, que extiende la mano hacia una mujer con ropajes azul grisáceos que se aparta entre un denso follaje verde. Ambas figuras descalzas están en una ladera boscosa, con un lago y colinas al fondo.

Português: Apolo e Dafne

Uma pintura de um jovem com um manto fluido em tons de laranja avermelhado, segurando uma lira, que estende a mão em direção a uma mulher de vestes azul-acinzentadas que se volta para longe entre a densa folhagem verde. As duas figuras descalças estão em uma encosta arborizada, com um lago e colinas ao fundo.

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