De nimf Echo

About this artwork

Gift of P.W. Janssen, Amsterdam

Art Historical Context

**De nimf Echo (The Nymph Echo)** *By Ferdinand Leenhoff, 1888* Behold Ferdinand Leenhoff's majestic marble sculpture *De nimf Echo*, a captivating tribute to the Greek nymph from Ovid's *Metamorphoses*. Created in 1888, this life-sized figure (standing approximately 190 cm tall) Echo's tragic allure—the lovelorn nymph cursed to repeat only the words of others after pining for Narcissus. Leenhoff, a Dutch sculptor active in the late 19th century, draws on classical mythology to evoke timeless themes of unrequited love and transformation, blending neoclassical poise with emerging realist s...