Sujet

The Danaides, 1906. Creator: John William Waterhouse.

Légende

The Danaides, 1906. The Danaides in Greek mythology were the fifty daughters of King Danaus of Argos, who were all married on a single occasion to fifty suitors. As instructed by their father, all but one of them murdered their husbands on their wedding night. As a result, they were condemned to an afterlife of unending labour, having to draw water from a well and pour it into a vessel from which it continually escaped.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

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HRM26A04_179

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Droits gérés

Format disponible

35,6Mo (2,4Mo) / 26,4cm x 33,9cm / 3115 x 4000 (300dpi)

Mots clés

portrait water England female carrying women woman people interior group job domestic family arts painting country pouring hole art occupation British museum English color death labour sister eternity location century gallery well Britain profession inside household academic chores sibling chore task concept punishment mythology running water full length full-length spout punishing art gallery daily Life everyday Life oil Painting Colour semi-naked semi-nude Day Carrying On Shoulders Indoors semi-dress Afterlife Greek mythology 1900s 20th century artistic school domestic chore Oil on canvas Pre-Raphaelite water carrier water pot waterwell Danaides Bhisti water well portrait oil young women young woman John William Waterhouse 1906 semi dress artistic style Waterhouse John William Oil on canvas Academic art Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museum art centre Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums spouted Bhishti Heritage Art JW Waterhouse Danaïdes Aberdeen Archives