20 May 2025

A few highlights from the Villa Borghese

One reason I have had so little to say here is that I have been too busy having fun, and today was no exception. Rain, however, stopped play early and so here I am, forcing myself to share a few of the spoils before a little nap.

A white marble statue of Apollo and Daphne by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Daphne is in the process of becoming a tree, her fingers are leaves, her toes roots, and her skin is turning to bark

Apollo and Daphne, Bernini

An alabaster carved lion reclining, its front paws crossed, mouth open

Carved alabaster lion

A green parakeet and a while cockatoo painted among grotesqueries

Among the grotesqueries

A hen among grotesqueries with a marble portrait bust of a bearded man on the left

A hen and a portrait bust

A rooster among grotesqueries with a marble portrait bust of a bearded man on the right

A rooster and a portrait bust

A bronze portrait bust of a woman with wavy hair garlanded with vine leaves

Bronze portrait bust of a woman

A white marble statue of The Abduction of Proserpina by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Pluto has grabbed Proserpina who tries in vain to push him away.

The Abduction of Proserpina, Bernini

One of the three heads of Cerberus from the white marble statue of The Abduction of Proserpina by Gian Lorenzo Bernini

One of the three heads of Cerberus, who sits at Pluto’s feet, Bernini

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