But after a while you begin to notice the magical transformation of a living being into a tree.
Marble sculpture of nymph turning into a tree.
This reproduction of the masterpiece apollo and daphne by gian lorenzo bernini 1598 1680 the sculptor of the roman baroque depicts the myth of the chaste nymph daphne being turned into a laurel tree pursued in vain by apollo the god of light.
In front of you is still a beautiful nymph but hands are already beginning to turn into twigs and leaves.
Apollo and daphne is a life sized baroque marble sculpture by italian artist gian lorenzo bernini executed between 1622 and 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.
As ovid told the story in his metamorphoses when the beautiful nymph daphne finally escaped the pursuing apollo by turning into a laurel tree the roman god of music and poetry pledged his.
Apollo on one leg the other leg behind him.
Woman typical for baroque art this caught moment in time figures in motion.
Housed in the galleria borghese in rome the work depicts the climax of the story of apollo and daphne phoebus and daphne in ovid s metamorphoses.
And later the legs begin to grow into the ground.
Between 1622 and 1625 gian lorenzo bernini sculpted a baroque life sized marble statue entitled apollo and daphne apollo clutches daphne s hip pursuing her as she flees to escape him.