Finished 7th September 2014

500 Pieces

Cecilia

by John William Waterhouse (1849-1917)

The Artist was born in Rome and died in London. He painted Saint Cecilia in 1895 with oil on canvas. The original painting measures approx. 195 x 117 cm

"This painting was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1895, 

with the quotation from Tennyson's 'The Palace of Art':

'In a clear walled city on the sea.
Near gilded organ pipes - slept St. Cecily'."

 (source)