Paintings by John William Waterhouse

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Classic Subjects: Subjects from Classic Myth or Set in Classical Times

• Ariadne, 1898
• The Awakening of Adonis, 1900
• Circe Offering the Cup to Ulysses, 1892
• Circe Invidiosa, 1892
• Circe, c. 1911
• The Danaides
• Echo and Narcissus
• Hylas and the Nymphs, 1896
• Nymphs Finding the Head of Orpheus, 1900
• Diogenes, 1882
• Penelope and the Suitors, 1912
• Psyche
• Ulysses and the Sirens, 1891

Subjects Set in Roman Times

• Mariamne Leaving the Judgement Seat of Herod, 1887
• After the Dance, 1876
• St. Eulalia, 1885
• The Remorse of the Emperor Nero after the Murder of His Mother, 1878
• The Favorites of the Emperor Honorius, 1883

Medieval Subjects

• A Mermaid, 1901
• St. Ceilia, 1895
• Fair Rosamund
• The Shrine, 1895
• A "I am Half Sick of Shadows," said the Lady of Shalott, 1911
• Lady of Shalott, 1888
• Lady of Shalott, 1894
• Ophelia, 1894
• Vanity

Allegorical Subjects

• Destiny, 1900
• Sleep and His Half-Brother, 1874
• Windflowers, 1903

General

• Maidens Picking Flowers by a Stream
• An Eastern Reminiscence
• The Rose Bower
• A Waterhouse Gallery

Discussions

• Waterhouse and Pre-Raphaelite Style
• The Middle-Ages from Dante Gabriel Rossetti to John William Waterhouse
• Waterhouse and Classicism
• Waterhouse between Aestheticism and Classicism
• The Remorse of Nero After the Murder of His Mother: A Brief Explanation
• Same Style, Different Women: J. W. Waterhouse and Overcoming the Femme Fatale

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Last modified 15 June 2009