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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)

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