Narcissus
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Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome
About the painting
Narcissus is an oil on canvas painting by the Italian Baroque master Caravaggio, painted c. 1597 – c. 1599. It is housed in the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, in Rome.
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The painting was originally attributed to Caravaggio by Roberto Longhi in 1916. Narcissus, according to the poet Ovid in his Metamorphoses, is a handsome youth who falls in love with his own reflection. Unable to tear himself away, he dies of his passion, and even as he crosses the Styx continues to gaze at his reflection (Metamorphoses 3:339–510).
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