Caravaggio - Narcissus
by Weston Westmoreland
Title
Caravaggio - Narcissus
Artist
Weston Westmoreland
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
Narcissus by Caravaggio, 1598. Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome.
This is one of only two known Caravaggios on a theme from Classical mythology, although this is due more to the accidents of survival than the artist's oeuvre. Narcissus, according to Ovid, is a handsome youth who falls in love with his own reflection. Unable to tear himself away, he dies of his passion, and even as he crosses the Styx continues to gaze at his reflection.
Caravaggio painted an adolescent page wearing an elegant brocade doublet, leaning over the water and staring at his own reflection.
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February 24th, 2019
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