Appulus in ein wilden ölbaum · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Appulus in ein wilden ölbaum
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Italy; Apulia
Description: This engraving depicts a group of nymphs gathered in a circle, dancing and skipping. The nymphs had been approached by a shepherd from Apulia had come across the nymphs and began to mock them by imitating their dancing and cursing at them. As punishment, the nymphs transformed him into an olive tree. The shepherd in his transformed state is illustrated in the background of the engraving on the right-hand side of the image. The nymphs continued to dance and enjoy themselves after the transformation of the shepherd.
Image Creator: Virgil Solis (Engraver)
Type: Text; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:23338
Language: ger
Source Name: P. Ouidij Nasonis, deß Sinnreichen und hochverstendigen Poeten, Metamorphoses oder Verwandlung, mit schönen figuren gezieret, auch kurzen Argumenten und außlegungen erkläret, und in Teutsche Reymen gebracht, durch Johann Spreng von Augspurg [Publius Ovidius Naso, the Ingenious and Highly Understandable Poet, Metamorphoses or Transformations, Adorned with Beautiful Images, and also descriptions of Short Arguments and Explanations, Brought into German Rhymes by Johann Spreng of Augsburg]
Parent Collection: 1564 Frankfurt Spreng
Image: mta_23338_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Subject: Transformation; Shepherds; Olive Tree; Roman Mythology; Greek Mythology; Nymphs