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. Detail. Young Narcissus in a white shirt and a damasked damask jacket looks at his reflection in the water, darkness., photographic campaign 2009.