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

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.