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Painting by John William Waterhouse From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Siren is a painting by John William Waterhouse. The painting depicts a siren sitting at the edge of a cliff, lyre in hand, staring down at a shipwrecked sailor floating in water, who in turn is staring up at her.
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Artist | John William Waterhouse |
Year | circa 1900 |
Dimensions | 81 cm × 53 cm (32 in × 21 in) |
The picture was painted in 1900 and is now part of a private collection.[1] The estimated sales price for the painting in 2003 was one million pounds.[2]
It was last sold in 2018 by Seymour Stein for about five million USD.[3]
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