Bernini’s sculpture Apollo and Daphne

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Bernini’s sculpture Apollo and Daphne is a renowned Baroque marble masterpiece depicting the climactic moment from Ovid’s Metamorphoses when the nymph Daphne transforms into a laurel tree to escape the god Apollo.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Baroque artwork
marble sculpture
mythological sculpture
artHistoricalPeriod Italian Baroque
artisticSignificance key masterpiece of Bernini’s early career
landmark of Baroque sculpture
co-designer Giuliano Finelli NERFINISHED
commissionContext commissioned for the Villa Borghese in Rome
commissionedBy Cardinal Scipione Borghese
completionYear 1625
completionYearApproximate 1624–1625
countryOfOrigin Italy
creationPeriod 1622–1625
creator Gian Lorenzo Bernini
currentCity Rome
currentCountry Italy
currentLocation Galleria Borghese
depicts Apollo
Daphne
depictsEvent Daphne’s transformation into a laurel tree
genre mythological
height approximately 243 cm
inspiredBy Ovid’s Metamorphoses
literarySource Ovid’s Metamorphoses
surface form: Metamorphoses
literarySourceAuthor Ovid
material marble
movement Baroque
museumCollection Galleria Borghese collection
narrativeMoment climactic instant of Daphne’s transformation
notableFeature detailed rendering of hair and foliage
dramatic facial expressions
dynamic diagonal composition
illusion of movement
patron Scipione Borghese
placeOfCreation Rome
relatedMythologicalFigure Cupid
relatedWorkByArtist David (Bernini sculpture)
The Rape of Proserpina
startYearApproximate 1622
subjectOrigin Greek and Roman mythology
symbol laurel tree
laurel wreath
theme chastity
metamorphosis
pursuit and escape
unrequited love
viewingAngle designed to be viewed in the round

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Description of subject: Bernini’s sculpture Apollo and Daphne is a renowned Baroque marble masterpiece depicting the climactic moment from Ovid’s Metamorphoses when the nymph Daphne transforms into a laurel tree to escape the god Apollo.

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Daphne inspiredWork Bernini’s sculpture Apollo and Daphne
The Rape of Proserpina partOf Bernini’s sculpture Apollo and Daphne
this entity surface form: Bernini sculptures in Galleria Borghese
Cardinal Scipione Borghese collectionContains Bernini’s sculpture Apollo and Daphne
subject surface form: Scipione Borghese
this entity surface form: Bernini’s Apollo and Daphne
Scipione Borghese commissionedWork Bernini’s sculpture Apollo and Daphne
this entity surface form: Apollo and Daphne (Bernini)