# Apollo and Daphne, in John Singer Sargent

John Singer Sargent painted this in about 1916/1919, aged about 60. It is now at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.

Our note:

> Apollo, golden-skinned and wrapped in billowing drapery, races towards the nymph Daphne just as she is transformed into a laurel tree, her feet rooting into the trunk and her head and hands sprouting leaves.

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## The work

- Date: c. 1916/1919
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Dimensions: overall: 82.55 × 73.34 cm (32 1/2 × 28 7/8 in.) framed: 88.27 × 78.11 × 7.62 cm (34 3/4 × 30 3/4 × 3 in.)
- Type: Painting
- Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2014.136.69
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[John Singer Sargent](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/john-singer-sargent), American, 1856–1925

Sargent was born in Florence to American parents and grew up travelling across Europe.

4 works in the collection.

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