Mort d'Ophélie (The Death of Ophelia), Act IV, Scene VII, from the Hamlet portfolio

Eugène Delacroix, French, 1798 - 1863

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1843

Lithograph on paper

80; 1st edition

Image: 9 3/4 × 7 1/4 in. (24.8 × 18.4 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund

PR.951.84L

Publisher

Gihaut Frères, Paris

Geography

Place Made: France, Europe

Period

19th century

Object Name

Print

Research Area

Print

Not on view

Inscriptions

Signed and dated in stone, lower left: E.D. 1843. Legend below image: Ses vetements appesantis et trempes d'eau ont entraine la pauvre malheureuse; lower right: Lith. de Villain

Course History

ARTH 50, Romanticism, Kristin O'Rourke, Spring 2015

ARTH 50, Romanticism, Kristin O'Rourke, Spring 2015

Exhibition History

Artistic Narrative: Delacroix and Redon, Lower Jewett Corridor, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 24-November 4, 1984.

French Art in the Age of George Sand; Prints from the Collection of the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Chapel Art Center, Saint Anselm College, Manchester, New Hampshire, January 27-February 24, 1994.

Provenance

Charles D. Childs, Boston, Massachusetts; sold to present collection, 1951.

Catalogue Raisonne

Delteil 115, Robaut 591

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