Consulting the Oracle
| Consulting the Oracle | |
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| Artist | John William Waterhouse |
| Year | 1884 |
| Type | Oil on canvas[1] |
| Dimensions | 198 cm × 119 cm (78 in × 47 in) |
| Location | Tate Gallery, London |
Consulting the Oracle is a painting by John William Waterhouse. Waterhouse painted it in 1884; "The Illustrated London News described it as one of the principal works of the year". Anthony Hobson describes the work as having a "keyhole composition" because a partial ring of women focus upon a single other (the priestess).[2]
References
- ^ Consulting the Oracle, John William Waterhouse, Tate
- ^ Hobson, Anthony. 1989. J. W. Waterhouse. Oxford: Phaidon Christie's. pages 31, 33-34.
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