Narcissus
Narcissus
Narcissus
Narcissus
Narcissus

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This is a copy after a much-reproduced antique bronze found in Pompeii and kept in Naples. The bronze was first identified as Narcissus but later on thought to be Dionysus, based on the grapes adorning his head and on the nebris (skin of a fawn) draped over his left shoulder.

Beecroft Art Gallery

Southend-on-Sea

Title

Narcissus

Medium

plaster

Measurements

H 60 x W 23 x D 25 cm

Accession number

S603

Acquisition method

gift from the artist's sister, Miss Ivy E. Holman

Work type

Sculpture

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