Johannes Mytens\u00a0or\u00a0Jan Mijtens was a\u00a0Dutch Golden Age painter.\u00a0The title of the painting refers to the characters in a pastoral play written by Pieter Hooft, the Dutch historian, poet and playwright entitled “Granida”.<\/p>\n
The story of the play was that Granida and Daifilo were lovers.\u00a0 \u00a0Granida, the daughter of an eastern king, was betrothed to Prince Tisiphernes but one day became lost while out hunting. \u00a0She came upon a shepherd Daifilo and his mistress Dorilea who had just quarreled.<\/p>\n
Daifilo fetched water for the princess to drink and fell in love with her. That is the moment that has been painted by Mytens in this work.\u00a0Daifilo then followed her to court and, after several twists and turns in the story, the play had a happy ending and the couple were finally reunited.<\/p>\n
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