Apollo and Daphne at the Galleria Borghese Statue Rome, Apollo and retailer Daphne Statue, Rome Statue, Christian Gift

The sculpture was the last of a number of artworks commissioned by Cardinal Scipione Borghese, early in Bernini's career. Apollo and Daphne was commissioned after Borghese had given an earlier work of his patronage, Bernini's The Rape of Proserpina, to Cardinal Ludovico Ludovisi.

Much of the early work was done in 1622–23, but a pause, possibly to work on Bernini's sculpture of David, interrupted its completion, and Bernini did not finish the work until 1625. The sculpture itself was not moved to the Cardinal's Villa Borghese until September 1625. Bernini did not execute the sculpture by himself; he had help from a member of his workshop, Giuliano Finelli, who undertook the sculpture of the details that show Daphne's conversion from human to tree, such as the bark and branches, as well as her windswept hair. Some historians, however, discount the importance of Finelli's contribution. Apollo and Daphne was finally completed in the fall of 1625, sparking an immediate enthusiastic reception of the work.

While the sculpture may be appreciated from multiple angles, Bernini planned for it to be viewed slightly from the right because the work would have been visible from the doorway where it was located. Viewing the sculpture from this angle allowed the observer to see the reactions of Apollo and Daphne simultaneously, thus understanding the narrative of the story in a single instant, without the need to move position. However, the sculpture was later moved to the middle of the room.

Like Bernini's 1622 sculpture The Rape of Proserpina, Apollo and Daphne has a cartouche with a moral aphorism by Pope Urban VIII. Attributing Christian moral value to a pagan subject was a way of justifying the statue's presence in the Borghese villa.


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