Boreas (Waterhouse painting)
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| Artist | John William Waterhouse |
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| Year | 1903 |
| Type | Oil on canvas |
| Location | Private collection |
Boreas is an oil painting in the Pre-Raphaelite style created in 1903 by John William Waterhouse.
[edit] Subject
The painting is titled Boreas, after the Greek god of the north wind and it shows a young girl buffeted by the wind. The 1904 Royal Academy notes described the subject of the painting as:
- "In wind-blown draperies of slate-colour and blue, a girl passes through a spring landscape accented by pink blossom and daffodils".[1]
[edit] Provenance
Boreas was put up for sale in the mid-1990s after having been lost for 90 years - causing quite a sensation in the art community. The painting achieved a record price for Waterhouse at that time, achieving a price £848,500 ($1,293,962USD).[1]
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