Cadmus and Harmonia (painting)

Combining nude art and history painting, it is inspired by Ovid's Metamorphoses, in the episode in which Cadmus is transformed into a serpent. He is shown embracing his naked wife Harmonia. De Morgan has recently visited Italy and Harmonia's stance resembles that of Botticelli's The Birth of Venus. She makes a significant change in portraying Harmonia as a much younger woman than in described by Ovid.^[3]

It was the first of De Morgan's paintings to be exhibited at the Dudley Gallery in London. It was purchased by the Liberal politician Sir Charles Dilke.^[4]

• Frederick, Margaretta F. Evelyn & William De Morgan: A Marriage of Arts & Crafts. Yale University Press, 2022.
• Smith, Elsie Lawton. Evelyn Pickering De Morgan and the Allegorical Body. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2002.

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