Gilded bronze composition depicting Apollo and Diana , understood in their meaning of Sun and Moon, resting on a rich base flanked by four other bronzes with seated women, representing the four elements Water, Air, Earth and Fire. On the sides, on two green marble bases, stand the bronze statues of Ceres and Bacchus, alluding to the fertility of the earth, surrounded by statues of offerers. To complete this decorative ensemble, there is a series of bronze statuettes personifying the Seasons and Months, embellished with gilded bronze attributes and resting on supports with the signs of the zodiac indicated, all interspersed with amphorae, craters, candlesticks, tripods and fruit bowls in hard stones and coloured marbles, inspired by the ancient.
The Trionfo da tavola was created by Damià Campeny, a Catalan sculptor who spent a fruitful period in Rome between 1797 and 1815, with the help of a group of specialized craftsmen. We do not know precisely through which routes the astonishing decorative complex, commissioned in 1803 by Antonio de Vergas y Laguna, ambassador to the Papal States for the Spanish Embassy in Rome, arrived at the Gallery in Parma. The precious furnishings are however mentioned for the first time in the Inventory of the assets of the Parma royal palaces, drawn up by order of the Savoy family after the Unification of Italy in 1861.