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Echo and Narcissus is a myth from Ovid's Metamorphoses, a Roman mythological epic from the Augustan Age. The introduction of the mountain nymph , Echo , into the story of Narcissus , the beautiful youth who rejected Echo and fell in love with his own reflection, appears to have been Ovid's invention.
Echo and Narcissus, a depiction of Echo and Narcissus featuring Cupid and his arrows. (Nicolas Poussin, 1630, Louvre Museum, Paris) The Lay of Narcissus, one of many titles by which the work is known, is Norman-French verse narrative written towards the end of the 12th century. In the four manuscripts that remain, an unknown author borrows from ...
Echo and Narcissus is a 1903 oil painting by John William Waterhouse. It illustrates the myth of Echo and Narcissus from Ovid 's Metamorphoses . John William Waterhouse (1847–1917) was an English painter who, because of his style and themes, is generally classified as a Pre-Raphaelite .
Écho et Narcisse (Echo and Narcissus) is a 1779 drame lyrique in three acts, the last original opera written by Christoph Willibald Gluck, his sixth for the French stage. The libretto, written by Louis-Théodore de Tschudi , tells the story of the love between Echo and Narcissus .
Echo and Narcissus is an oil painting by French artist Nicolas Poussin, from 1627-1628. It measures 74 by 100 cm (29 by 39 in) and is held in the Louvre, ...
During his 16th year, after getting lost while hunting with friends, Narcissus came to be followed by a nymph Echo. Echo, an Oread (mountain nymph), like Tiresias, had a sensory ability altered after an argument between Juno and Jove. Echo had kept Juno "occupied" with gossip while Jove had an affair behind her back.
Placido Costanzi, Narcissus and Echo. Placido Costanzi (1702–1759) was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque period. Placido Costanzi was born in 1702 to a family of gem-makers in Rome. He was exposed to art at a very young age, and became a pupil of Benedetto Luti and painted mainly historical and devotional subjects.
Narcissus is an oil on canvas painting by French artist François Lemoyne, created in 1728, [1] from a series of three works on the myth of Narcissus. It is now in the Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon . The painter