ジョン・ウィリアム・ウォーターハウス(1849-1917)は、プリラファエリストとヴィクトリア朝美術を代表する画家。神話やアーサー王伝説をロマンティックに描き出し、『シャロットの姫』『オフィーリア』など、象徴的な名作を生み出しました。
The Magic Circle is an oil painting in the Pre-Raphaelite style, created in 1886 by John William Waterhouse. The painting depicts a witch or sorceress drawing a magic circle on the earth to create a ritual space. The Magic Circle was shown at the Royal Academy in 1886, and, after Consulting the Oracle and St. Eulalia, was Waterhouse's third exhibit with a supernatural theme in as many years. The painting was well-received at its exhibition, and was purchased for £650 the same year by the Tate Gallery, through the Chantrey Bequest.
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