Plate with Apollo and Daphne Plate with Daphne chased by Apollo; Plate of multi-colored majolica. On the plate a depiction of Daphne that turns into a laurel; chased by Apollo; while her father; the river god Peneus; watches. On the back of the board the inscription: 'Vidio narra de Dafano e appolo' painted; Daphne changed to a laurel-tree: while fleeing from Apollo; Daphne has changed to a laurel-tree by her father Peneus (Ovid; Metamorphoses I 548 ); anonymous; Pesaro; c. 1550 - c. 1560; earthenware; tin glaze; lead glaze; h 2.7 cm x d 22.0 cm