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John William Waterhouse

34 works

John William Waterhouse (1849-1917) was an English painter who took up Pre-Raphaelite themes of myth and legend, as in The Lady of Shalott. Read more

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Woman on a lion-armed throne offers a red cup and raises a wand, with a man and a boar nearby on a mosaic floor.

Circe Offering the Cup to Odysseus

1891

Painting of a knight in armor leaning toward a seated woman in a red gown holding his scarf in a forest.

The Fair Lady without Mercy

1893

Painting of a red-haired mermaid combing her hair on a rocky shore beside a shell with pearls, with cliffs and waves behind.

A Mermaid

1900

Painting of a woman in a green gown holding a silver bowl of pink roses, with stained glass windows behind her.

"Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May"

1908

Woman in pink dress seated on rocks gazing at an ornate golden box, with pink poppies and forest trees behind her.

"Psyche Opening the Golden Box"

1904

Woman seated in a rose garden with a book while two winged musicians play violins, sea and ships behind.

Saint Cecilia

1895

Seated woman in white dress and blue shawl holds a peacock feather fan on a stone bench against a pale wall.

Day Dreams

1879

Woman in white classical dress seated on a stone bench beside an arched niche with a statue and blue irises.

Flora (Waterhouse)

Woman in red dress holding a blue bowl, with sailing ships on the sea through an arched window behind her.

Destiny

1900

Reclining youth gazes into a forest pool while a draped woman watches from beside a tree, with irises and lilies.

Echo and Narcissus

1903

Woman in dark green gown pours green liquid from a bowl into teal water, with dark trees behind her.

Circe Invidiosa

1892

Painting of a bound man at a ship's mast surrounded by winged sirens hovering over the deck, with rowers and cliffs behind.

Ulysses and the Sirens

1891

Woman in red gown with golden cup beside a helmeted man with spear, flames rising from a tripod brazier, in a dark garden.

Jason and Medea

1907

Seated women in colorful gowns listen to a man with a lute in a garden with a stone fountain and trees.

The Decameron

1916

Seated emperor in red robe with pigeons and fowl around him, while robed courtiers bow in a marble hall.

The favourites of the Emperor Honorius

1883

Painting of a nude young woman lying dead in snow in a colonnaded Roman square, with doves and soldiers nearby.

Saint Eulalia

1885

Painting of a bearded man in a large clay jar on a stone terrace, watched by three women in classical dress near a temple.

Diogenes

1882

Painting of an angel offering a white lily to a seated woman in blue robes beside a stone staircase in a garden.

Annunciation

1914

Painting of a kneeling woman in a pink dress gazing up at an armored knight beside a stone ledge in a forest.

Lamia

1905

Juliet Alternative title: The Blue Necklace

1898

Woman with long hair in white gown and purple bodice gazing into an arched mirror on a checkered floor.

Mariana in the South

1890

Veiled woman gestures at a window while seated women in colorful dress listen in an ornate Oriental interior.

Consulting the Oracle

1884

Painting of a nymph peeking from woodland trees at a sleeping man in leopard-skin cloth beside a pond.

A Naiad Alternative title(s): Hylas with a Nymph

1893

Painting of a woman in white holding spring flowers while children gather blossoms under flowering trees by the sea.

A Song of Springtime

1913

Five women in draped Classical dress pour water from brass urns into a bronze basin with a lion-head spout.

The Danaides

1903

Painting of a red-haired mermaid combing her hair on a rocky shore with waves behind her.

Sketch for A Mermaid

1892

Woman knitting in a brick courtyard with a child, while two women chat over a wall beside hanging laundry.

Good Neighbours Alternative title(s): GossipThe GossipsWashing Day

1885

Woman in red dress at a loom gazes toward a window showing a castle and bridge over a river.

I am half sick of shadows," said the Lady of Shalott

1915

Woman leaning over a white wall under a vine pergola, with an arched doorway and small trees below.

Lady on a Balcony, Capri

1889

Woman in white robe stands on marble steps before a seated ruler in an ornate hall with a gold lion statue.

Mariamne Leaving the Judgement Seat of Herod

1887

Woman with auburn hair in a blue gold-patterned robe smelling a pink rose beside a climbing rose bush in a garden.

The Soul of the Rose

1908

Woman in a red patterned dress leans against a stone wall in an ornate tiled interior with a ball of thread on a stool.

Thisbe

1909

John William Waterhouse (1849-1917) was an English painter who took up Pre-Raphaelite themes of myth and legend, as in The Lady of Shalott. Browse 34 works by John William Waterhouse from 33 museums, free to download in HD.