This sculpture is entirely bronze, with the majority of the surface as patina, a green or brown film on the surface of bronze, produced by oxidation over a long period of time. ... Apollo and Daphne 1622-1625 (Baroque) "Apollo and Daphne" is a life-size marble sculpture carved by Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini, in the Baroque period, a period of artistic style, exaggerating motion and easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, enthusiasm and grandeur in works of art. ... Bernini, being Italian would have been heavily influenced by this period as it had originated from his home...

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