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# Wenzel Jamnitzer, a 16th-century German goldsmith, and his work on the myth of Daphne
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/mozhet-pokazatsia-chto-eto-rabota-sovremennogo-khudozhnika-no-pered-nami-tvorenie-nemetskogo-iuvelira-xvi-veka-ventselia-iamnitsera-kotoryi-vdokhnovilsia-mifom-o-dafne-sluzhitelnitse-di/
- Published: 2019-03-01T08:11:17.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T19:06:54.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Art, Humour

[​​](https://telegra.ph/file/f6b9efd7914be3d80afa3.jpg?ref=theparnassian.com)It may look like the work of a contemporary artist, but this is the creation of the sixteenth-century German goldsmith Wenzel Jamnitzer, inspired by the myth of Daphne, a servant of Diana, who begged the gods to turn her into a laurel tree. Daphne had taken a vow of celibacy and suffered badly from the attentions of the god Phoebus, who had fallen in love with her. Perhaps there were other ways out, but turning into a tree also proved a highly effective means of avoiding an unwelcome liaison.