Beyond The Ordinary

Let's say that this is one of

Noah's Son's Wives

(From Bottom-right Corner of Top Image)

Beyond The Ordinary

⚠️  The following is from a Google

       Image Search.

This image is a detail from the painting The Nymph of the Fountain by the German Renaissance artist Lucas Cranach the Elder.

🔹️  Artist: Lucas Cranach the Elder

       (1472–1553).

🔹️  Subject:

▪️  The painting depicts a sleeping or

       resting nymph beside a sacred fountain, based on a 15th-century Latin text.

🔹️  Context:

▪️  Cranach painted at least 17

       versions of this popular mythological subject.

🔹️  Details:

▪️  The nymph is often shown

       reclining, but the full composition includes a spring, a stone fountain with an inscription, and a background landscape.

🔹️  The Latin inscription in the top left

       corner of the painting reads:

FONTIS NYMPHA SACRI SOMNVM NE RVMPE QVIESCO

This translates to: I am the nymph of the sacred spring. Do not disturb my sleep. I am resting.

Context of the Inscription.

🔹️  The Subject:

▪️  The text identifies the reclining

       figure as a water nymph, a guardian spirit of the spring depicted behind her.

🔹️  The Irony:

▪️  Art historians often note the irony

       of the text; while it asks not to be disturbed, the nymph is not actually asleep but looks out at the viewer through half-open, inviting eyes.

🔹️  The Origin:

▪️  The verse is based on an epigram

       by the humanist Giovanni Campani and was a popular theme for Italian Renaissance fountains.

🔹️  Artist's Signature:

▪️  In many versions of this painting

       by Lucas Cranach the Elder, his workshop insignia—a winged serpent holding a ring—is painted right next to or just below this text.