File:Pollaiolo, Piero del - Apollo and Daphne.jpg

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Summary

Piero del Pollaiuolo: Apollo and Daphne

Artist



Alternative names	Birth name: Piero di Jacopo d'Antonio Benci
Description	Italian painter, sculptor and goldsmith brother of Antonio del Pollaiolo
Date of birth/death	1443 / 1441	1496
Location of birth/death	Florence	Rome
Work location	Florence, Rome
Authority file	: Q707046 VIAF: 100217899 ISNI: 0000000121451984 ULAN: 500011428 LCCN: no95008039 NLA: 35573845 WorldCat

Title

Apollo and Daphne

Object type

painting

Genre

mythological painting

Description

English: The nymph Daphne prayed for rescue when she was pursued by the god Apollo. When he touched her, she was turned into a laurel. This is a story from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses', Such pagan fables were popular subjects to decorate furniture in Florence.The landscape, like that in the altarpiece of the 'Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian', is based on the Arno valley near Florence, and is likely to date from the same period.

Date

probably from 1470 until 1480

Medium

oil on panel

Dimensions

height: 29.5 cm (11.6 in) ; width: 20 cm (7.8 in)

Collection

National Gallery

	Native name	National Gallery
	Parent institution	Board of Trustees of the National Gallery
	Location	London
	Coordinates	51° 30′ 32″ N, 0° 07′ 42″ W
	Established	1824
	Website	nationalgallery.org.uk
	Authority file	: Q180788 VIAF: 144868906 ISNI: 0000000123422001 ULAN: 500125190 LCCN: n80081622 NLA: 35311349 WorldCat

Current location

not on view

Accession number

NG928 (National Gallery)

Credit line

1876: bequeathed by Wynn Ellis

References

http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/piero-del-pollaiuolo-apollo-and-daphne
https://www.wga.hu/html/p/pollaiol/antonio/apollo.html
Art UK artwork ID: apollo-and-daphne-114340

Source/Photographer

The original uploader was DO'Neil at English Wikipedia.

Licensing

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Global file usage

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Usage on af.wikipedia.org
- Metamorfoses
Usage on ar.wikipedia.org
- دافني
Usage on arz.wikipedia.org
- ابولو و دافنى
- انتونیو دل پولایولو
Usage on bg.wikipedia.org
- Аполон и Дафне (митология)
Usage on bo.wikipedia.org
- ཨ་པོ་ལུའོ།
- ༄༅།། གཟུགས་འགྱུར་བའི་གཏམ་རྒྱུད།
Usage on br.wikipedia.org
- Dafne (nimfenn)
Usage on ca.wikipedia.org
- Antonio Pollaiuolo
- Color en l'art
- Apol·lo i Dafne
Usage on cs.wikipedia.org
- Antonio del Pollaiolo
Usage on de.wikipedia.org
- Apollon
Usage on el.wikipedia.org
- Δάφνη (νύμφη)
Usage on en.wikiquote.org
- William Butler Yeats
Usage on es.wikipedia.org
- Las metamorfosis
- Apolo y Dafne
- Color en el arte
- Apolo y Dafne (Pollaiuolo)
Usage on et.wikipedia.org
- Piero del Pollaiolo
- Antonio del Pollaiolo
Usage on eu.wikipedia.org
- Antonio del Pollaiolo
- Apolo eta Dafne
Usage on fa.wikipedia.org
- دگردیسی‌ها
- آنتونیو دل پولایولو
Usage on fi.wikipedia.org
- Apollon ja Dafne
- Muodonmuutoksia
Usage on fr.wikipedia.org
- Daphné (nymphe)
- Antonio Pollaiuolo
- Piero Pollaiuolo
- Apollon et Daphné (Pollaiolo)
Usage on gl.wikipedia.org
- Metamorfose (mitoloxía)
- Apolo e Dafne
- Dafne
- Cor na arte
Usage on hr.wikipedia.org
- Metamorfoze
Usage on hy.wikipedia.org
- Անտոնիո դել Պոլլայոլո
Usage on id.wikipedia.org
- Apollo (mitologi)
- Apollo dan Dafne
Usage on it.wikipedia.org
- Piero del Pollaiolo
- Apollo e Dafne (Pollaiolo)
- Opere perdute di Amburgo
- Opere di Piero del Pollaiolo
Usage on ja.wikipedia.org
- ダプネー
- アントニオ・デル・ポッライオーロ
- アポロンとダフネ (ポッライオーロ)
Usage on jv.wikipedia.org
- Apollo
Usage on la.wikipedia.org
- Antonius Pullarius
- Daphne (mythologia)
Usage on nds.wikipedia.org
- Apollon

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User comments	Цифровая репродукция этой картины находится в коллекции интернет-галереи Gallerix.ru ( http://gallerix.ru )
Image title	Full title: Apollo and DaphneArtist: Antonio del PollaiuoloDate made: probably 1470-80Source: http://www.nationalgalleryimages.co.uk/Contact: picture.library@nationalgallery.co.ukCopyright© The National Gallery, London
Copyright holder	© The National Gallery, London
Author	Antonio del Pollaiuolo
Short title	Apollo and Daphne
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File change date and time	01:32, 7 April 2010
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Date metadata was last modified	10:46, 12 August 2009

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