"In frondem crines, in ramos bracchia crescunt,
pes modo tam velox pigris radicibus haeret,
ora cacumen habet: remanet nitor unus in illa."
pes modo tam velox pigris radicibus haeret,
ora cacumen habet: remanet nitor unus in illa."
"Her hair turned into leaves, her arms into branches,
her feet so swift a moment ago stuck fast in slow-growing roots,
her face was lost in the canopy: only her shining beauty was left."
P. Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoseon libri XV
Daphne
Material: Carrara statuary marble, base in black "portoro" marble.
Sculpture dimensions: 7"x7,4"x18" (18x19x45cm)
Base dimensions: 9,1"x9,1"x1,25" (23x23x3cm)
Sculpture dimensions: 7"x7,4"x18" (18x19x45cm)
Base dimensions: 9,1"x9,1"x1,25" (23x23x3cm)
