Mariana in the South (1897)
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Artist | John William Waterhouse |
Year | 1897 |
Medium | Oil on canvas |
Dimensions | 114 cm × 74 cm (45 in × 29 in) |
Mariana in the South is an 1897 oil painting on canvas by the British Pre-Raphaelite artist John William Waterhouse. It is now in a private collection. It measures 114 by 74 centimetres (45 in × 29 in). It is a major painting by Waterhouse that depicts scenes from the 1830 Tennyson poem "Mariana". Mariana prays for the return of the lost love, the dictator Angelo, who brutally spurned her on the loss of her dowry. The picture illustrates the line "And in the liquid mirror glowed the clear perfection of her face" from Tennyson's poem.[1]
References[]
- ^ "Mariana in the South | Art UK". artuk.org. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
Categories:
- 1897 paintings
- Paintings by John William Waterhouse
- Paintings based on works by William Shakespeare
- Works based on Measure for Measure
- Paintings based on works by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
- 19th-century painting stubs