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Boreas  1902

by John William Waterhouse

Called Boreas after the north wind in Greek mythology, the work shows a young girl in a windswept landscape. In 1904 the Royal Academy notes described the subject as: "In wind-blown draperies of slate-colour and blue, a girl passes through a spring landscape accented by pink blossom and daffodils".
Medium: 
Oil on canvas
Credit: 
Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

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  1. 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.