Daphne Fleeing from Apollo

Title: Daphne Fleeing from Apollo
Rights: The National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., United States of America. Kress Collection. Public Domain.
Creator: Master of the Apollo and Daphne Legend (1480-1510)
Date: 1500
Description: Apollo chases after the nymph Daphne. Though he cannot reach her, his arms extend in a motion for her to stop. She looks back but her body is already transforming into a tree, her arms being forced together into a branch at the edge of a river.
Format: Painting. Oil on panel transferred to canvas. 65.1 x 136.5 cm.
Publisher: The National Gallery of Art.
Contributor: Mckenzi Monical
Identifier: The National Gallery of Art. 1973.45.
Subject: Italian Renaissance; Apollo; Daphne; Greek myth; Roman myth; love.
Source: Jpeg file. The National Gallery of Art. 10/22/2023.; https://www.kressfoundation.org/kress-collection/artwork/24a0c3b313c7c3d9be5259c8b2e7a7d413028081dc799ad812c9e57cc49092e