Mort d'Ophélie (The Death of Ophelia), Act IV, Scene VII, from the Hamlet portfolio
Eugène Delacroix, French, 1798 - 1863
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
Research Area
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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