Ophelia
Richard Westall, English, 1765 - 18361793
Oil on canvas
Canvas: 30 3/4 × 21 3/4 in. (78.1 × 55.2 cm)
Frame: 39 15/16 × 30 1/4 in. (101.4 × 76.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Gift of Henry H. Erbe III, Class of 1984 and Margaret Trevisani Erbe, Tuck 1989
2013.27
Geography/Culture
Europe, Great Britain
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Painting
Classification
Painting
Nazi-Era Provenance Research
Not on view
Course History
HUM 1.05/HUM 1.06/HUM 1.07, Dialogues with the Classics, Klaus Mladek, Michelle Clarke, Andrea Tarnowski, Fall 2019
HUM 1.02/HUM 1.03/HUM 1.04, Dialogues with the Classics, Carolyn Dever, Paul Carranza, Antonia Gomez, Fall 2019
HUM 1, Dialogue with the Classics, Andrea Tarnowski, Spring 2019
ENGL 75.2, Climate Fiction, Alysia Garrison, Spring 2019
ENGL 22, The Rise of the Novel, Alysia Garrison, Spring 2015
Exhibition History
The Myth and Madness of Ophelia, Mead Art Museum, Amherst, Massachusetts, October 26–December 16, 2001.
Pre-Raphealite Gallery, Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1996-2005.
Lobby, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hood Museum of Ar, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 26- November 22, 2013.
Ivan Albright Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, July-September 2013.
A Space for Dialogue 87, The Tortured Soul: Exploring the Excesses of Human Emotion, Laura Dorn, Class of 2015, Main Lobby, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, April 11-May 24, 2015.
Published References
Friedman, Winifred H. Boydell’s Shakespeare Gallery. New York: Garland Publishing Inc., 1976. West, Shearer. "John Boydell. Grove Dictionary of Art (subscription required). Ed. Jane Turner. London; New York: Grove/Macmillan, 1996. ISBN 1-884446-00-0. Retrieved on 26 November 2007. Richard J. Westall, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004
Provenance
Purchased in London, England, in the early 1990s [bought-in: Sotheby's, Colonade, British Paintings & Watercolours, Sale LN4744 FOL, Lot 86 , December 14, 1994]; collection of Henry H. Erbe III and Margaret Trevisani Erbe, Boston, Massachusetts; given to present collection, 2013.
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