The Danaides by John William Waterhouse Cloth Placemat
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The Danaides (1903). Artist: John William Waterhouse (1849-1917). The Danaides is a vintage Victorian Pre-Raphaelite fine art painting featuring three sisters (daugthers of Danaus) who are condemned in Hades through eternity to pour water into a vessel with holes in the bottom. About the artist: JW Waterhouse was an English Pre-Raphaelite painter most famous for his paintings of female characters from ancient Greek mythology and literature.