Ophelia

ID: #2274 | Classicism | Portraits

Date: 1910
Medium: oil on canvas
Location: private collection

The painting shows a woman in period dress standing in a forest setting. The woman has long hair decorated with flowers and is dressed in a grey-blue dress with floral embroidery. She is leaning against a tree trunk and holding a bouquet of wild flowers in her right hand. In the background, beyond the thicket, a group of people can be seen sitting on a bridge over a stream. The clothing and scenery suggest the Renaissance or Romantic period.

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Waterhouse painted picture Ophelia in 1910. Prevailing color of this fine art print is dark and its shape is portrait. This art piece is located in a private collection 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.