Trionfi or sugar sculptures of Myrrha and Daphne, Raggvaglio della solenne comparsa, fatta in Roma gli otto di gennaio MDCLXXXVII. dall'illvstrissimo, et eccellentissimo signor conte di Castelmaine ambasciadore straordinario della Sagra Real Maestà di Giacomo Secondo rè d'Inghilterra, Scozia, Francia, et Ibernia, difensore della fede alla Santa Sede Apostolica, in andare pvblicamente all'vdienza della Santità di Nostro Signore Papa Innocenzo Vndecimo, Lenardi, Giovanni Battista, 1656-1704, Westerhout, Arnold van, 1651-1725, Wright, John Michae, ca. 1617-ca. 1694, Etching, 1687?, The table sculptures were designed for the banquet given by British Ambassador Roger Palmer, Earl of Castlemaine, in Rome on January 14, 1687. On the left, Myrrha is changed into a myrtle tree that splits open to release the infant Adonis. On the right, Daphne is changed into a laurel tree by her father Peneus, while Apollo approaches and Cupid flies nearby. Captions/inscriptions: 15--in upper right. Gio: Batta. Lenardi delin.--in lower left. Arnoldo V. Westerhout fiam.o Sculp.--in lower right. Reimagined by Gibon. Classic art with a modern twist.
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Trionfi, sugar sculptures, Myrrha, Daphne, Raggvaglio della, solenne, comparsa, fatta, Roma gli, otto, di, gennaio, MDCLXXXVII, dall'illvstrissimo, eccellentissimo, signor, conte, Castelmaine, ambasciadore, straordinario, della, Sagra, Real, Maestà, di, Giacomo, Secondo, rè, d'Inghilterra, Scozia, Francia, et Ibernia, difensore della, fede, alla, Santa, Sede, Apostolica, andare pvblicamente, vdienza della, Santità, di, Nostro, Signore, Papa, Innocenzo, Vndecimo, Lenardi, Giovanni Battista, 1656-1704, Westerhout, Arnold van, 1651-1725, Wright, John Michae, 1617-ca, 1694, Etching, 1687?, table sculptures, designed, banquet given, British Ambassador, Roger, Palmer, Earl, Castlemaine, Rome, January 14, 1687., left, Myrrha, changed, myrtle tree, splits open, release, infant Adonis., right, Daphne, changed, laurel tree, father Peneus, Apollo approaches, Cupid flies, Captions/inscriptions, 15, upper, right, Gio, Batta, Lenardi delin., lower, left, Arnoldo V, Westerhout fiam.o, Sculp., lower, right, reimagined, Gibon Art
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