Monday, September 19, 2022

Jan Cossiers 
(1600- 1671)
 
Jan Cossiers was a Flemish painter and draughtsman. Cossiers' earliest works were Caravaggesque genre works depicting low life scenes. Later in his career he painted mostly history and religious subjects as well as portraits. Cossiers was one of the leading painters in Antwerp after Rubens' death in 1640 and one of the most original colorists in 17th-century Flanders.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Cossiers



Narcissus
17th century
Oil on canvas
97 x 93 cm
Museo del Prado
https://www.museodelprado.es/coleccion/obra-de-arte/narciso/edba34ac-e145-4a3b-a201-c5b3e6a10aae
 
In Greek mythology, Narcissus was a hunter from Thespiae in Boeotia (alternatively Mimas or modern day Karaburun, Izmir) who was known for his beauty. According to Tzetzes, he rejected all romantic advances, eventually falling in love with his own reflection in a pool of water, staring at it for the remainder of his life. After he died, in his place sprouted a flower bearing his name.
The character of Narcissus is the origin of the term narcissism, a fixation with oneself. This quality, in turn, contributes to the definition of narcissistic personality disorder, a psychiatric condition marked by grandiosity, excessive need for attention and admiration, and an inability to empathize.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissus_(mythology)

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