Apollo And Daphne Marble Statue. But daphne has been fated by cupid s love repelling arrow and denies the love of men. Cardinal scipione borghese commissioned apollo and daphne from bernini in 1622 to replace the rape of persephone that he had given to cardinal ludovisi. Between 1622 and 1625 gian lorenzo bernini sculpted a baroque life sized marble entitled apollo and daphne.
As the nymph flees he relentlessly chases her boasting pleading and promising everything. Apollo is deeply in love with daphne a woman who abhors apollo s advances.
As the nymph flees he relentlessly chases her boasting pleading and promising everything.
Online shopping from a great selection at home kitchen store. 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. 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. Cardinal scipione borghese commissioned apollo and daphne from bernini in 1622 to replace the rape of persephone that he had given to cardinal ludovisi.
