The Siren is a painting by John William Waterhouse. The painting depicts a siren sitting at the edge of a cliff, lyre in hand, staring down at a shipwrecked sailor floating in water, who in turn is staring up at her.

The Siren
Artist	John William Waterhouse
Year	circa 1900
Dimensions	81 cm × 53 cm (32 in × 21 in)

The picture was painted in 1900 and is now part of a private collection.^[1] The estimated sales price for the painting in 2003 was one million pounds.^[2]

It was last sold in 2018 by Seymour Stein for about five million USD.^[3]