Int3gr4te creative commons artist gian lorenzo bernini year 1622 25 medium marble location galleria borghese rome dimensions 96 in 243 cm gian lorenzo bernini artworks apollo and daphne david ecstasy of saint teresa bust of louis xiv fontana dei quattro fiumi medusa complete works the life sized sculpture of apollo and.
Apollo and daphne marble statue.
Apollo is deeply in love with daphne a woman who abhors apollo s advances.
To the hallucinatory vision of apollo and daphne 1622 24 which was intended to be viewed from one spot as if it were a relief.
Although it has since been moved into the center of the room originally the sculpture was located near the wall such that the viewer would first approach it from behind.
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Apollo wears a laurel crown and daphne is portrayed halfway through her metamorphosis into the laurel tree with her arms already transforming into its branches as she flees and calls to her father to save her.
From the toscano collection this baroque style statue depicting the tale of apollo and daphne gods of ancient greece is by italian artist gian lorenzo bernini 1598 1680 high quality bonded marble hand cast using real crushed white marble bonded with durable designer resin this is the perfect medium for this copy of the 1622 roman.
This statue portrays the futile romance between apollo and daphne.
In his david 1623 24 bernini depicts the figure casting a stone at an unseen adversary.
Between 1622 and 1625 gian lorenzo bernini sculpted a baroque life sized marble statue entitled apollo and daphne apollo clutches daphne s hip pursuing her as she flees to escape him.
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Cardinal scipione borghese commissioned apollo and daphne from bernini in 1622 to replace the rape of persephone that he had given to cardinal ludovisi.
Like the rape of proserpina apollo and daphne depicts a mythological scene outside of christian tradition.
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Apollo and daphne is a life sized baroque marble sculpture by italian artist gian lorenzo bernini executed between 1622 and 1625 housed in the galleria borghese in rome the work depicts the climax of the story of apollo and daphne phoebus and daphne in ovid s metamorphoses.
Placed in the borghese gallery in rome this work depicts the culmination of the history of apollo and daphne phoebe and daphne in ovid s metamorphosis.
Several portrait busts that bernini executed during this period including that.
But daphne has been fated by cupid s love repelling arrow and denies the love of men.
Apollo and daphne a marble sculpture in the baroque style in natural size made by the italian artist gian lorenzo bernini and executed in 1622 1625.