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Eugène Delacroix, printmaker

Hamlet Tente à Tuer le Roi (Hamlet Tries to Kill the King), 1843

Description

Maker

  • François le Villain, printer
  • Eugène Delacroix, 1798-1863, French, printmaker

Title

Hamlet Tente à Tuer le Roi (Hamlet Tries to Kill the King)

Year

1843

Medium

Lithograph

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • lithograph

Supports

  • Light weight Oriental tissue paper mounted on medium weight cream wove paper

Dimensions

27.8 x 17.9 cm (10 7/8 x 7 1/8 inches) (plate)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Lettered with artist's signature and date LL: "Eug. Delacroix, 1843."; across bottom: "A présent je puis... demeurent ici bas."; LL: "Lith. de Villain"
Stamped with collector's mark of Adolphe Moreau (Lugt no. 1900)

Identification

State

ii/ii

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Museum Works of Art Fund

Object Number

67.131

About

An illustration of Act 3, Scene, Polonius kneels before a plinth in prayer as Hamlet enters through the open doorway, drawing his sword. From a series of 15 prints.

Lettered with artist's signature and date LL: "Eug. Delacroix, 1843."; across bottom: "A présent je puis... demeurent ici bas."; LL: "Lith. de Villain"
Stamped with collector's mark of Adolphe Moreau (Lugt no. 1900)

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Exhibition History

Exhibition History

New Acquisitions 1967-1968.

January 1, 1967 - January 1, 1968

Use

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