ARETHUSA, 1946
Medium unknown. Dimensions unknown.
Provenance
Untraced.
Exhibited
London, Mayor Gallery, 1947, (paintings) No. 10.
The nymph Arethusa was one of the Nereids. The nereids were the daughters of Nereus, who lived in the depths of the Mediterranean Sea. Arethusa was a companion of the goddess Artemis. Whilst she was bathing in a river, the river-god Alpheus attempted to seduce her. She fled to Sicily where she was changed into a fountain by Artemis. Alpheus followed her, transformed himself into a river and united his waters with her.