The Love Potion

The Love Potion
ArtistEvelyn De Morgan
Year1903
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions104.1 cm × 52.1 cm (41.0 in × 20.5 in)
LocationDe Morgan Centre, London

The Love Potion is a 1903 painting by the English artist Evelyn De Morgan depicting a witch with a black cat familiar at her feet. According to Elise Lawton Smith,[1] the painting "exhibits a Pre-Raphaelite fascination with medieval subjects and decorative detailing." The model was Jane Morris.[2]

  1. ^ Elise Lawton Smith (2002), Evelyn Pickering De Morgan and the Allegorical Body (Fairleigh Dickinson University Press)
  2. ^ "A drapery study for 'The Love Potion'". Christie's. 2017.