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The Tired Dancer - A painting of a woman sitting on a ledge
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An exhausted Roman dancer sleeps against a marble bench. She wears a diaphanous red gown, a necklace of turquoise beads, and a garland of yellow flowers, from which a number of petals have fallen as she sleeps. A tambourine lies at her feet, and revelers can be seen in the background. Oil on canvas, 45 1/4 x 30".
John Reinhard Weguelin (1849-1927) was an English painter and illustrator, active from 1877 to after 1910. He specialized in figurative paintings with lush backgrounds, typically landscapes or garden scenes. Weguelin emulated the neo-classical style of Edward Poynter and Lawrence Alma-Tadema, painting subjects inspired by classical antiquity and mythology. He depicted scenes of everyday life in ancient Greece and Rome, as well as mythological subjects, with an emphasis on pastoral scenes. Weguelin also drew on folklore for inspiration, and painted numerous images of nymphs and mermaids.
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