Narcissus at the Well, Medieval Tapestry Notizbuch

Wool and silk tapestry, Paris France, Circa 1500 The tale of Narcissus, a story from Ovid's Metamorphoses, from Greek mythology depicting the beautiful Narcissus, a hunter from Thespiae in Boeotia, (present day Karaburun, İzmir, Türkiye) gazing lovingly/obsessively at his own reflection in the waters of a stone fountain, surrounded by an ornate background of animals, birds, and flowers stately sophisticated elegant formal fancy maximalist eclectic home decor, historical middle ages classical art