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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 ...
Apollo and Daphne is a life-sized Baroque marble sculpture by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini, created between 1622 and 1625. Housed in the Galleria Borghese in Rome as part of the Borghese Collection, the work depicts the climax of the story of Apollo and Daphne in Ovid's Metamorphoses. Apollo clutches Daphne's hip, pursuing her as she ...
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Apollo and Daphne is a life-sized marble sculpture by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini, which was executed between 1622 and 1625. It is regarded as one of the artistic marvels of the Baroque age.
Apollo, on whom Amor takes revenge by shooting him with an golden arrow, making him fall for the nymph Daphne, a disciple of Diana.The nymph, instead, is pierced by a dart made of lowly lead, rejects the god’s love, and begs her father, Peneus, a river god, to help her change the features that have aroused such passion.
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Original – Antonio del Pollaiolo's Apollo and Daphne (probably 1470-80; 29.5 by 20 centimetres [11.6 × 7.9 in]) Reason High resolution, fairly famous painting and artist, stable lead image in the pertinent article Articles in which this image appears Apollo and Daphne, Antonio del Pollaiolo, Daphne, Metamorphoses FP category for this image