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Lamia

1905

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The story

Waterhouse took his subject from Keats's 1820 poem, in which a bridegroom learns on his wedding night that his bride is half serpent. The only hint of her true nature here is the shed snakeskin draped around her. Moss Davis gave the painting to Auckland in 1930.

Source, Auckland Art Gallery

Object details

Title: Lamia
Artist: John William Waterhouse
Date: 1905
Culture: British
Medium: Oil on canvas
Object type: Paintings
Collection: Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki (per the Google Art Project)
Credit line: Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain.
Object number: EFA.0598
Original image: 1822 × 3000 px
Source record: View on Wikimedia Commons
License evidence: See the license

Cite this object

John William Waterhouse. Lamia. 1905. Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki (per the Google Art Project). Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain. In The Secret Cabinet, https://thesecretcabinet.com/object/ea0598/