Apollo Chasing Daphne With Cupid Flying Tapestry Apollo Pursuing The subject shown is "apollo pursuing daphne." daphne flees from center to the left with apollo in pursuit from the right. in addition to the two main figures, two nymphs are shown watching the pair from behind a tree at the right, and cupid flies above apollo's head holding bow and arrows. Although domenichino designed the scenes, much of the actual painting seems to have been left to assistants. the sun god apollo – identifiable by the golden rays around his head – pursues a young woman whose fingers are sprouting foliage. this is daphne, a river nymph with whom the god has fallen in love. she rejects his advances and.
Tapestry Apollo Pursuing Daphne From The Series The Story Of Daphne Tapestry: apollo pursuing daphne (from the series, the story of daphne). For the subject see ovid, 'metamorphoses' (1). daphne, pursued by apollo, cries for help to her father, the river god peneus. he transforms her into a laurel bush as apollo reaches her. the fresco (transferred to canvas) comes from a series painted in the stanza di apollo in the garden pavilion of the villa aldobrandini, frascati. The nymph daphne, daughter of the river god peneus, was the first and most celebrated love of apollo. cupid, spiteful because apollo boasted that he was the better archer having slain python and demanding that he should have cupid's bow and arrow of love, shot apollo with a golden tipped arrow, making him helplessly fall in love with daphne. The apollo pursuing daphne is unique among interpretations of the theme. apollo's forward thrust seems to propel daphne backward in a composition of excited movement. cupid takes cover from the wrath of apollo that will shortly ensue, and peneus remains firmly rooted in an effort to stop the ardent pursuer. the off–center composition, typical.
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