Hamlet fait jouer aux comédiens la scène de l’empoisonnement de son père from Hamlet, treize sujets dessinés

Hamlet fait jouer aux comédiens la scène de l’empoisonnement de son père from Hamlet, treize sujets dessinés

Artist Eugène Delacroix (French, 1798 - 1863)

Date1835

Mediumlithograph

DimensionsSheet: 12 1/4 x 18 1/4 in. (31.1 x 46.4 cm) Sheet: 9 3/4 x 12 3/4 in. (24.8 x 32.4 cm)

Credit LineBequest of Robert Getscher from the Getscher-Wilkinson Collection

CultureFrench

PortfolioHamlet, treize sujets dessinés

Catalogue raisonnéDelteil 109 iii/iii; Sträuben 109 iv/iv

Object numberPC2014.14.96

ClassificationsPrint Collection

DescriptionAct III, scene II: Hamlet, lying in Ophelia's lap, directs Gertrude and Claudius's attention to the 'play-within-a-play'. In the background, on stage, 'Lucianus' pours poison into the ear of the sleeping Player King.

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