Circe Invidiosa | John William Waterhouse | 1892 Jan Matejko and wilting flowers on a

and wilting flowers on a table

Instead of depicting soldiers or battlefields

stripped of dignity and freedom

Alphonse Mucha’s deeply personal illustrated edition of the Lord’s Prayer created at the end of the 19th century

Circe Invidiosa | John William Waterhouse | 1892 Jan Matejko and wilting flowers on aAbout the artwork: In Circe Invidiosa (1892), John William Waterhouse portrays jealousy not as a violent outburst, but as a slow, poisonous force that seeps into the world. Circe strides forward with icy determination, pouring a vivid stream of green venom into the sea below, her elongated figure isolated against a cold, architectural backdrop that heightens her emotional detachment. Unlike traditional depictions of Circe as seductive or overtly