Sujet

Narcissus at the Fountain, c1510-1511. Creator: Altobello Melone.

Légende

Narcissus at the Fountain, c1510-1511. This panel, much reduced in size through trimming, shows the beautiful Narcissus leaning over the edge of a fountain to gaze at his reflection. As Ovid recounts in his ‘Metamorphoses’, the young man fell so deeply in love with his unattainable image that he died of grief. So much of the picture was cut away that the subject matter became unrecognisable, and in the nineteenth century the overpainting of a few areas turned the androgynous youth into St Catherine with her wheel. These additions, which distorted the picture’s meaning, were removed only a few decades ago.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM26A13_107

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

51.8Mo (7.2Mo) / 33.8cm x 38.4cm / 3988 x 4537 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Europe Italy Italian looking historical arts painting country art museum color narcissus scene Greece Renaissance depiction location century gallery gazing literature concept mythology mythological looking at narcissism metamorphoses art gallery oil Painting Colour Ancient Greece Greek mythology 16th century Ancient Greek sixteenth century culture history historic mythical figure TGN oil Oil on wood art centre Staedel Museum Stadel Museum Altobello Melone Melone Altobello Renaissance 1510s Painting Heritage Art mythological figure Oil on poplar Oil on poplar Mythology Städel Museum Stadelsches Kunstinstitut und Stadtische Galerie Städelsches Kunstinstitut und Städtische Galerie Meloni Altobello Altobello Meloni