Danaides John William Waterhouse Coffee Mug

This custom fine art classic coffee mug features a high-resolution tiled reproduction of The Danaides by John William Waterhouse, oil on canvas, 1903. This vintage Pre-Raphaelite painting depicts a procession of women carrying and pouring large urns of water into a basin from which water pours from the bottom. Waterhouse paints the scene with a near classical sense of low relief under a patina of deep, rich color, particularly the deep ultramarine blue robes. The Danaides in classical mythology were the daughters of Danaus who were forced to marry the sons of Aegyptus, a mythical king of Egypt. All but one of the fifty women killed their grooms. As punishment, the gods condemned them to the underworld of Tartarus, where they eternally pour water into a perforated basin, a classical symbol of futility. The Waterhouse coffee mug is a unique, artsy gift for any art lover or fan of Pre-Raphaelite painting.