Sleeping Nymph
NARRATIVE d8r · p.63
From the 1499 Aldine first edition (University of Seville copy, via Internet Archive)
A sleeping nymph reclining in a classical aedicule with water flowing from the stone. One of the HP's most copied compositions.
In the Narrative
The sleeping nymph fountain is one of the most influential images in Renaissance art. The combination of sleeping female figure, water, and classical architecture was widely imitated. The Latin inscription ΠΑΝΙΚΟΣ warns that the sleep is sacred.
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