The Danaides by John William Waterhouse Coffee Mug
The Danaides (1903) by JW Waterhouse is a vintage Victorian Pre-Raphaelite fine art portrait painting. A portraiture of three sisters (the daughters of Danaus, King of Argos) who are condemned to Hades through eternity to pour water into a vessel with holes in the bottom. They were commanded to murder their husbands on their wedding night; all but one obeyed, and all were punished.
About the artist:
John William Waterhouse (1849-1917) was an English Preraphaelite painter most famous for his paintings of female characters from ancient Greek mythology and literature.
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