Betty Danno

honeymuse:

John William Waterhouse

Study for the Head of Echo, 1903

Oil on canvas

40.7 x 33 cm

As wax dissolves, as ice begins to run,
And trickle into drops before the sun;
So melts the youth, and languishes away,
His beauty withers, and his limbs decay;
And none of those attractive charms remain,
To which the slighted Echo su’d in vain.

Excerpt of Metamorphoses by Ovid

It’s always wonderful to see an under painting/study by Waterhouse. This mythological painting, along with so many of his others, was based off a fifteen book poetic series by Ovid. 

The poetic verses of Metamorphoses has provided artists with inspiration for thousands of years.