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Vase
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
The Amsterdam sculptor Van Logteren decorated this exceptionally rich garden vase with two stories about ill-fated romances from Antiquity. One side features Venus marrying the misshapen god Vulcan against her will, only then to commit adultery with Mars. On the other side, Apollo is courting the nymph Daphne, in vain; to escape her assailant, she was transformed into a laurel tree soon thereafter.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineVaas. 1737. Jan van Logteren. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
