Painting reproduction hand painted
Eavesdropping (Stuck)

In a twilight and melancholic atmosphere, Franz von Stuck paints a scene of romantic espionage with “Eavesdropping”. In the foreground, floating on the surface of what appears to be a dark earthy-toned sea or lake, a magnificent naked water nymph (or mermaid) pulls herself up delicately. Her attention is completely captivated by the distant silhouette of a young man, perched high on a massive rocky escarpment, playing the flute. The economy of detail, combined with a palette of cold, matte colors, gives the whole an aura of a strange dream and unconfessed desire. The attraction between the marine and terrestrial worlds becomes a spellbinding visual poem under the symbolist brush.