Narcissus, by Michelangelo Merisi known as Caravaggio, 1599 - 1600, 16th Century, oil on canvas, cm 118 x 99 . Italy, Lazio, Rome, National Gallery of Ancient Art, Palazzo Barberini. The myth of Narcissus is narrated in different literary versions as well as in the Metamorphosis by Ovid. All. Narcissus hand water light shade shadow., photographic campaign 2009.