Jun 25
The Little Sea Maid
Artist: Evelyn de Morgan (English, 1855-1919)
Date: 1880 - 1888
Medium: Oil on canvas
Collection: De Morgan Foundation, London, United Kingdom
Description
Inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid (1855), which is the much loved story of the Sea King's daughter who rescues and falls in love with a human prince. The Little Mermaid sells her voice to a Sea Witch in exchange for a human soul and physical human form. Here she is depicted soothing her new found feet in the sea at night. Told by the Witch that she will never be able to return to the sea she looks sadly down. Her red robe symbolizes infatuation, love and martyrdom.
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