Design for a fan featuring Apollo and Daphne in a rich frame

Progetto per ventaglio con Apollo e Dafne

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Titolo dell'opera:

Design for a fan featuring Apollo and Daphne in a rich frame

Acquisizione:

Mary Ighina Barbano

Object Type:

drawing

Epoca:

Inventario:

D4490

Tecnica:

matita nera-rossa

Descrizione:

One of Domenico Piola's most elegant compositions, this unusually shaped design was intended for use in the creation of a fan. Ink sketch with Apollo and Daphne running in the centre. Daphne is turning into a laurel tree thanks to the intervention of her father Peneus. The scene is taken from Ovid's Metamorphoses (Metamorphoses I 548).