Narcissus

Narcissus - Johann Heinrich Tischbein the Elder (1722–1789) - Museumslandschaft Hessen Kassel​

Narcissus - Johann Heinrich Tischbein the Elder (1722–1789) - Museumslandschaft Hessen Kassel​​

Date: c1770
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 32.5 x 39.5 cm

Undertaken as an oil on canvas work, Narcissus was painted by Johann Heinrich Tischbein the Elder in about 1770, and depicts a figure of Greek mythology. 

Narcissus, in Greek mythology, was the son of the Potamoi Cephissus, and regarded as one of the most handsome of mortals. 

One of those who was spurned by Narcissus was the Naiad nymph Echo, and when she was rejected, Nemesis cursed Narcissus so that he would only fall in love with himself. Thus it was that Narcissus gazed upon his own reflection and fell in love with it, and there by the pool of water Narcissus died. 

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Johann Heinrich Tischbein the Elder ​

Born: 3 October 1722; Haina, Hesse-Kassel
Died: 22 August 1789; Kassel, Hesse-Kassel
Nationality: German (from Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel)
Art Movement: Rococo ​​

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