Danaids1.0068

Danaids1.0068_Khnopff

VictorianWeb.org
OGCMA s.v. "Danaids"

Fernand Khnopff (1854-1921), "Danaides" (1892), ink and white chalk on paper, 29 x 18 cm, reproduced on Victorian Web (op cit.). Cf. Fernand Khnopff (1858-1921). Ostfildern-Ruit, Germany: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2004. no. 130.

The image at right is derived from the Victorian Web site.

Monochrome art nouveau illustration of the Danaïdes, women eternally carrying water in leaky jars to fill a bottomless basin

OGCMA slides are designed by Roger T. Macfarlane for use in Classical Civilization 241 courses at Brigham Young University.
The present resource contains information assembled for The Oxford Guide to Classical Mythology in the Arts, 1400 – 1990’s, edited by J. Davidson Reid (Oxford 1994), and it is used with express permission from Oxford University Press.
Address concerns or inquiries to macfarlane@byu.edu.