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Narcissus (Caravaggio)

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 story of Narcissus was often referenced or retold in literature, for example, by Dante (Paradiso 3.18–19) and Petrarch (Canzoniere 45–46). Caravaggio painted an adolescent page wearing an elegant brocade doublet, leaning with both hands over the water, as he gazes at this own distorted reflection. ==See also==
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