# The Nymph Salmacis and Hermaphroditus [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [NAVEZ, François-Joseph]() - Date: 1801-1850 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 197 x 147 cm ## Commentary This painting represents an unusual mythological scene. Navez, who studied under David in Paris and Brussels, made his name primarily as a portraitist and a painter of religious and historical compositions, refers in this work to the sensuality of the French Rococo, which he combines with a classical form. This hybrid character is typical of many 19th-century salon pieces. ## Related artworks - [Portrait of Jacques-Louis David]() - [Women Spinning in Fondi]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()