File:Antonio del Pollaiolo - Apollo and Daphne - WGA18028.jpg

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Piero del Pollaiuolo: Apollo and Daphne  wikidata:Q1028282 reasonator:Q1028282
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Piero del Pollaiuolo  (–1496)  wikidata:Q707046
 
Piero del Pollaiuolo
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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 Edit this at Wikidata 1496 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Florence Rome
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Florence, Rome
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creator QS:P170,Q707046
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Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre mythological painting Edit this at Wikidata
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
date QS:P,+1450-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1470-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1480-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q56644435
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Medium oil on panel Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 29.5 cm (11.6 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 20 cm (7.8 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+29.5U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+20U174728
institution QS:P195,Q180788
Current location
National Gallery
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NG928 (National Gallery) Edit this at Wikidata
Credit line 1876: bequeathed by Wynn Ellis
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Source/Photographer Web Gallery of Art:   Image  Info about artwork
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