John William Waterhouse · 1903
Echo and Narcissus
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Narcissus transfixed by his reflection while Echo gazes longingly across the pool. Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool.
Up to 24 × 14 in · landscape
Size
Larger sizes are unavailable for this painting because the source scan's resolution wouldn't print at gallery quality.
Format & finish
Archival cotton canvas stretched over a wooden frame. Ready to hang as-is. No external frame.
Scale next to a 5'10" person
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The story of Echo and Narcissus
Echo and Narcissus is a 1903 oil painting by John William Waterhouse. It illustrates the myth of Echo and Narcissus from Ovid's Metamorphoses.
Adapted from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
John William Waterhouse
John William Waterhouse was an English painter known for working first in the Academic style and for then embracing the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood's style and subject matter. His paintings are known for their depictions of women from ancient Greek mythology, Arthurian legend, and the works of William Shakespeare. A high proportion depict a single young and beautiful woman in a historical costume and setting, though there are some ventures into Orientalist painting and genre painting, still mostly featuring women.
All John William Waterhouse prints →Biography adapted from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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