Painting by John William Waterhouse

Ophelia

Artist| John William Waterhouse
Year| 1894
Medium| Oil on canvas
Dimensions| 73.6 cm × 124.4 cm (29.0 in × 49.0 in)
Location| Private collection

Ophelia is a 1894 oil on canvas painting by the English painter John William Waterhouse,[1] depicting a character in William Shakespeare's drama Hamlet. She is a young noblewoman of Denmark, a potential wife for Prince Hamlet. In the 1894 version by Waterhouse, Ophelia is depicted, in the last moments before her death, sitting on a willow branch extending out over a pond of lilies. Her royal dress strongly contrasts with her natural surroundings. Waterhouse has placed flowers on her lap and in her hair, tying her into her natural surroundings.[2]

## See also[edit]

* Ophelia, 1851–52 John Everett Millais painting

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Ophelia, 1894 - John William Waterhouse". www.wikiart.org. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
2. ^ "Waterhouse's Versions of Ophelia". www.victorianweb.org. Retrieved 3 February 2019.

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List of paintings

Paintings|

* The Unwelcome Companion: A Street Scene in Cairo (1873)
* Sleep and His Half-Brother Death (1874)
* The Favourites of the Emperor Honorius (1883)
* Consulting the Oracle (1884)
* Saint Eulalia (1885)
* The Magic Circle (1886)
* The Lady of Shalott (1888)
* Circe Offering the Cup to Ulysses (1891)
* Ulysses and the Sirens (1891)
* Circe Invidiosa (1892)
* The Lady of Shalott Looking at Lancelot (1894)
* Ophelia (1894)
* Hylas and the Nymphs (1896)
* Pandora (1896)
* Mariana in the South (1897)
* The Siren (c. 1900)
* The Crystal Ball (1902)
* Boreas (1903)
* Echo and Narcissus (1903)
* Jason and Medea (1907)
* Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May (1908)
* Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May (1909)
* The Sorceress (1915)
* I Am Half-Sick of Shadows, Said the Lady of Shalott (1915)

Related|

* Esther Kenworthy Waterhouse (wife)
* Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood

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