Circe Offering the Cup to Ulysses (original) (raw)

Circe Offering the Cup to Ulysses

John William Waterhouse, 1849-1917

1891

Oil on canvas

149 x 92 cm.

Gallery Oldham

Note the mirror, a common Pre-Raphaelite motif (also used by Waterhouse in the Leeds Lady of Shalott) that derives from the van Eyck Arnolfini Marriage Portrait in the National Gallery [George P. Landow].

Photograph by Roy Fox

Thanks to Emily Doran of the RA, who provided this image as part of the pubicity for their 2009 Waterhouse exhibition.

References

Hobson, Anthony. The Art and Life of J. W. Waterhouse, R.A., p. 191, pl. 136, catalogue of paintings no. 187.

Last modified 15 June 2009