A. Santini Apollo e Dafne - Apollo and Daphne - Alabaster Resin - Italy (12.5")

Apollo and Daphne - Alabaster Resin - Italy by A. Santini made in Italy This statute is in good preowned condition - no chips or cracks. A classic piece of Italian Art by Amilcaro Santini Some say this is Roman Mythology and others that it is Greek Mythology - whatever the origins of the myth this sculpture depicts the climax of the story of Apollo and Daphne (Phoebus and Daphne), as written in Ovid's Metamorphoses, wherein the nymph Daphne escapes Apollo's advances by transforming into a laurel tree.