I was finally able to see Bernini’s Apollo and Daphne at the Borghese Gallery! An incredibly exciting moment— despite what my expression might suggest.
Red-figure of Troilus on horseback..! In Homer, he is remembered only as a valiant youth killed by Achilles. It was later medieval writers, namely Chaucer and Shakespeare, who transformed him into the tragic hero of Troilus and Cressida.
Taken at the Temple of Asclepius in Rome! It is neoclassical (the work of Antonio and Mario Asprucci, in the Ionic style) but houses an authentic ancient Roman statue of Asclepius, which was discovered in the ruins of the Mausoleum of Augustus and restored by Vincenzo Pacetti.
I was finally able to see Bernini’s Apollo and Daphne at the Borghese Gallery! An incredibly exciting moment— despite what my expression might suggest.