Decameron

ID: #2390 | Classicism | People

Date: 1916
Medium: oil on canvas
Location: Lady Lever Art Gallery, National Museums Liverpool

The painting shows a group of figures who are dressed in historical costumes and seem to be set in the Renaissance. They are sitting in a garden by a stone fountain. Six women of different ages in ornate dresses are listening to a man sitting on the ground holding a lute. One of the women is holding a bouquet of flowers. Another man stands in the background watching the scene.

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Waterhouse painted picture Decameron in 1916. Prevailing color of this fine art print is vivid and its shape is landscape. This art piece is located in Lady Lever Art Gallery, National Museums Liverpool. This image is printed on demand - you can choose material, size and finishing.

John William Waterhouse (1849-1917). English painter known for his paintings of female figures from classical mythology. Among his most famous paintings is Ophelia shortly before her death braiding flowers in her hair (although the painting is from 1888, it was lost for a long time until found again). Waterhouse had planned to paint a whole series of paintings with the motif of Ophelia, but serious illness - cancer - did not allow him to finish his work. His canvas motif, The Temptation of Miranda, is also worth mentioning. A classical motif is also his Narcis, viewing his reflection in the water.