The Crystal Ball (painting)

The Crystal Ball

Artist	John William Waterhouse
Year	1902
Medium	Oil on canvas
Dimensions	120.7 cm × 87.7 cm (47.5 in × 34.5 in)
Owner	Private collection

The Crystal Ball is a painting by John William Waterhouse completed in 1902.^[1] Waterhouse displayed both it and The Missal in the Royal Academy of 1902. The painting shows the influence of the Italian Renaissance with vertical and horizontal lines, along with circles "rather than the pointed arches of the Gothic".^[2]

Part of a private collection,^[3] the painting has been restored to show the skull which had been covered by a previous owner.^[1]

References

1 2 "The Crystal Ball". Retrieved 30 January 2013.
↑ Hobson, Anthony. 1989. J. W. Waterhouse. Oxford: Phaidon Christie's. page 81. ISBN 0-7148-8066-3
↑ Noakes, Aubrey. 2004. Waterhouse: John William Waterhouse. London: Chaucer Press. page 76. ISBN 1-904449-39-5

Paintings by John William Waterhouse

List of paintings

The Unwelcome Companion: A Street Scene in Cairo Sleep and his Half-brother Death The Favourites of the Emperor Honorius Consulting the Oracle Saint Eulalia The Magic Circle The Lady of Shalott Circe Offering the Cup to Ulysses Circe Invidiosa The Siren The Crystal Ball Boreas Echo and Narcissus Jason and Medea Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May (1908) Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May (1909) The Sorceress I am Half-Sick of Shadows, said the Lady of Shalott

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