Apollo and Daphne
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Apollo and DaphneBonaccorsi Pietro (Perin del Vaga) and Domenico Rietti

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Part of the Storie di Apollo cycle (1545–46), this fresco dramatizes the myth of Daphne’s flight from Apollo. As he reaches for her, she begins to transform into a laurel tree, symbolizing the triumph of chastity over desire. The seated river god underscores nature’s silent witness to divine pursuit.