Apollo und Daphne

Apollo und Daphne
Piero del Pollaiuolo (1465–1475), Apollo und Daphne, London, National Gallery, Saal 59, um 1470–1480, Bild 1/2
Piero del Pollaiuolo (1465–1475), Apollo und Daphne, London, National Gallery, Saal 59, um 1470–1480, Bild 1/2
Piero del Pollaiuolo (1465–1475), Apollo und Daphne, London, National Gallery, Saal 59, um 1470–1480, Bild 2/2

Apollo and Daphne

The god Apollo pursued the nymph Daphne. She prayed for rescue and was turned into a laurel tree as he touched her. The story comes from the Roman poet Ovid's Metamorphoses. Such pagan fables were popular subjects for the decoration of furniture in Florence.

London, National Gallery, Saal 59
London, National Gallery, Saal 59, Bild 1/2
London, National Gallery, Saal 59, Bild 1/2
London, National Gallery, Saal 59, Bild 2/2

In Vorbereitung: Paris, Musée d’Orsay; Paris, Musée des Arts décoratifs; L'Aquila, Museo Nazionale d'Abruzzo; Ascoli Piceno, Pinacoteca civica

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