Danaides John William Waterhouse Puzzle

This custom fine art jigsaw puzzle feature a high-resolution, stunningly colorful reproduktion of The Danaide by John William Waterhouse, oil on canvas, 1903. This classic Pre-Raphaelite painting depicts a procession of women carrying and pouring large urns of water into a basin from which water purs from the bottom. Waterhouse paints the scene with a near classical sense of low relief under a patina of deep, rich color, partiarly the deep ultramarine blue robes. The Danaide in classical mythology were the daughters of Danaus who who were forced to marry the sons of Aegyptus, a mythical king of Egypt. The daughters rebelled, and as punishment, the gods condemned them to the underworld of Tartarus, where they eternally für water into a perforated basin, klassical symbol of futility. The Waterhouse puzzle is a unique gift for any lover or fan of Pre-Raphaelite painting.