Apollo and Daphne

E91488

Baroque sculpture marble sculpture mythological sculpture

Apollo and Daphne is a renowned Baroque marble sculpture by Gian Lorenzo Bernini depicting the mythological moment of Daphne’s transformation into a laurel tree as she flees Apollo.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Apollo e Dafne	1
story of Daphne and Apollo	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Baroque sculpture ⓘ marble sculpture ⓘ mythological sculpture ⓘ
artForm	sculpture ⓘ statue group ⓘ
artisticPeriod	Italian Baroque ⓘ
basedOn	myth of Apollo and Daphne from Ovid's Metamorphoses ⓘ
cataloguedIn	Galleria Borghese ⓘ surface form: Galleria Borghese sculpture collection
collection	Galleria Borghese ⓘ
commissionedBy	Cardinal Scipione Borghese ⓘ
completionDate	1625 ⓘ
conservationStatus	well preserved ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Italy ⓘ
creator	Gian Lorenzo Bernini ⓘ
depicts	Apollo ⓘ Daphne ⓘ transformation of Daphne into a laurel tree ⓘ
depictsCharacterFrom	Greek mythology ⓘ Roman mythology ⓘ
endTime	1625 ⓘ
genre	mythological art ⓘ
hasPart	statue of Apollo ⓘ surface form: figure of Apollo figure of Daphne ⓘ laurel branches ⓘ tree trunk emerging from Daphne's body ⓘ
height	243 cm ⓘ
inception	1622 ⓘ
influencedBy	classical sculpture ⓘ
inspiredBy	Ovid ⓘ
locatedIn	Italy ⓘ Rome ⓘ
location	Galleria Borghese ⓘ surface form: Galleria Borghese, Rome
materialUsed	marble ⓘ
movement	Baroque ⓘ
notableFeature	detailed rendering of hair and leaves ⓘ dramatic Baroque expressiveness ⓘ dynamic composition capturing motion ⓘ
originalLanguageTitle	Apollo and Daphne self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Apollo e Dafne
owner	Italian Republic ⓘ surface form: Italian state
sculptor	Gian Lorenzo Bernini ⓘ
significantEvent	Daphne's metamorphosis into a laurel tree ⓘ
significantPlace	Villa Borghese gardens ⓘ surface form: Villa Borghese
significantWorkOf	Gian Lorenzo Bernini ⓘ
startTime	1622 ⓘ
subjectHeading	metamorphosis in classical myth ⓘ unrequited love in mythology ⓘ
title	Apollo and Daphne self-link ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ovid’s Metamorphoses → containsEpisode → Apollo and Daphne ⓘ

this entity surface form: story of Daphne and Apollo

Gian Lorenzo Bernini → notableWork → Apollo and Daphne ⓘ

Apollo and Daphne → originalLanguageTitle → Apollo and Daphne self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apollo e Dafne

Apollo and Daphne → title → Apollo and Daphne self-link ⓘ