Echo and Narcissus (Waterhouse painting)
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| Echo and Narcissus |
| John William Waterhouse, 1903 |
| Oil on canvas |
| 109.2 × 189.2 cm |
| Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool |
Echo and Narcissus is an oil painting, created in 1903 by Pre-Raphaelite artist John William Waterhouse. The painting illustrate the poem Echo and Narcissus by Ovid.
Echo was a nymph. She was in love with Narcissus but he became so enamoured with his own reflection in a stream that he was fixated by the image, and Echo wasted away through unrequited love, all that remained was the 'echo' of her voice. To punish Narcissus he was transformed into a flower of the same name by the gods. [1]
[edit] References
- ^ Echo and Narcissus at Waterhouse:The Art and Life of John William Waterhouse.
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