A mythological painting by John William Waterhouse set beside water in a wooded or marsh-like landscape. A nude female water nymph stands partially concealed among slender tree trunks on the left, holding a trunk and bringing one hand close to her mouth. On the right, a bare-chested young man reclines upon the ground with a leopard-patterned covering around his lower body. The narrow space between them carries the unresolved tension of an approaching encounter.
