File:The Awakening of Adonis - John William Waterhouse (1899).jpg
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editJohn William Waterhouse: The Awakening of Adonis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Title |
The Awakening of Adonis label QS:Len,"The Awakening of Adonis"
label QS:Lfr,"Le Réveil d'Adonis" |
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Object type | painting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre | mythological painting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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English: See Sotheby's: Waterhouse's great mythological subject The Awakening of Adonis (Collection of Lord Lloyd-Webber) was painted in 1899, but was not finished in time to send to the Royal Academy that year, and was therefore held over to the summer exhibition of 1900. On that occasion it was recognised as one of the artist's most powerful and characteristic works and one that aimed, in the words of one reviewer, "at representing the passionate emotions of an historic tragedy in a highly dramatic fashion" (Athenaeum, 1900, p.568). The painting may be seen as one in a series of spectacular and challenging works by Waterhouse, each of which show moments of fateful confrontation between the gods and mortals of Greek and Roman legend, and may be compared to Hylas and the Nymphs (Manchester City Art Gallery) and Flora and the Zephyrs (offered in these rooms, 6 November 1996, lot 307), of 1896 and 1897 respectively. The series ended with the painting Nymphs Finding the Head of Orpheus (private collection), exhibited in 1901, the year after The Awakening of Adonis. |
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Date |
between 1899 and 1900 date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1899-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1900-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Medium | oil on canvas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions |
height: 95.9 cm (37.7 in) ; width: 188 cm (74 in) dimensions QS:P2048,+95.9U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,+188U174728 |
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Collection |
Private collection institution QS:P195,Q768717 |
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institution QS:P195,Q95387813 |
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References |
Sotheby's, London, 15 December 2016, lot 15 http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/pictures/awakening-adonis-1900/ http://www.jwwaterhouse.com/view.cfm?recordid=24 |
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