The Death of Procris
Piero di Cosimo · 1495
Why it's great
A nymph lies dying beside the sea, while a faun kneels at her side and a dog watches sadly. Piero di Cosimo painted this tender, strange scene in about 1495, based on a story from Ovid's Metamorphoses.
Where to see it
📍 National GalleryCity of Westminster, United Kingdom
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Piero di Cosimo was a Florentine painter born in 1461. He liked painting mythical stories with strange creatures and wild nature, and he had a reputation as an eccentric who lived on hard-boiled eggs. He died in 1522.
