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Apollo and Daphne (c. 1470–1480). Apollo and Daphne is a c.1470–1480 oil on panel painting, attributed to Piero del Pollaiuolo and/or his brother Antonio).William Coningham acquired it in Rome in 1845 and in 1876 Wynne Ellis left it to the National Gallery, London, where it still hangs. [1]
English: The nymph Daphne prayed for rescue when she was pursued by the god Apollo. When he touched her, she was turned into a laurel. This is a story from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses', Such pagan fables were popular subjects to decorate furniture in Florence.The landscape, like that in the altarpiece of the 'Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian', is based on the Arno valley near Florence, and is likely to ...
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Apollo and Daphne: 1626 c. 97 x 131 cm: In the Elector of Bavaria's collection in 1782. Munich, Alte Pinakothek: 23/130 Children's bacchanal: 1626: 56 x 76 cm: Tempera. Collection of cardinal Chigi, remained at the Palazzo Chigi until 1914, entered the Italian national collection in 1979: Rome, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, palazzo ...
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