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Demonstrating the Romantic appeal of William Shakespeare, Eugène Delacroix produced lithographic illustrations for both Hamlet and Macbeth. This image shows the "Play-within-a-Play," from Hamlet Act III, Scene II. Hamlet invites a troupe of actors to perform a play about a nephew who murders his uncle by depositing poison in his ear.
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additional information to add to TMS-- Act III, Scene II; series of 13 created 1834-43 and published in 1843;
Hamlet: The Play-within-a-play
biblio: Delteil, no. 109, second state of three.
A later edition has sixteen illustrations, but the initial publication only contained thirteen.
NOTE- don't change date because the litho is dated in corner 1838.
O'Neill, John P., ed. Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863): Paintings, Drawings, and Prints from North American Collections, (New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art distributed by Harry N. Abrams, 1991), 201, cat. no. 94. [Available online through the MetPublications, http://www.metmuseum.org/research/metpublications/Eugene_Delacroix_1798_1863_Paintings_Drawings_and_Prints_from_North_American_Collections.]
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Before 2000: Juanita K. Bromberg, Dallas, TX
After 2000: Dallas Museum of Art, Foundation for the Arts, bequest of the above
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- “Delacroix has a fondness for Dante and Shakespeare, two other great painters of human anguish: he knows them through and through, and is able to translate them freely.” (Charles Baudelaire, French writer and critic, in “Le Salon de 1846,” 1846)
- An example of Delacroix's illustrations for another Shakespeare play is Macbeth and the Witches (1825, 2000.183.FA).
- Delacroix made three paintings based on his Hamlet illustrations, The Death of Ophelia (1838, 1853) and Hamlet and Horatio in the Graveyard (1835, 1839).
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General Description
Demonstrating the Romantic appeal of William Shakespeare, Eugène Delacroix produced lithographic illustrations for both Hamlet and Macbeth. This image shows the "Play-within-a-Play," from Hamlet Act III, Scene II. Hamlet invites a troupe of actors to perform a play about a nephew who murders his uncle by depositing poison in his ear.
Fun Facts
- “Delacroix has a fondness for Dante and Shakespeare, two other great painters of human anguish: he knows them through and through, and is able to translate them freely.” (Charles Baudelaire, French writer and critic, in “Le Salon de 1846,” 1846)
- An example of Delacroix's illustrations for another Shakespeare play is Macbeth and the Witches (1825, 2000.183.FA).
- Delacroix made three paintings based on his Hamlet illustrations, The Death of Ophelia (1838, 1853) and Hamlet and Horatio in the Graveyard (1835, 1839).
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Notes
additional information to add to TMS-- Act III, Scene II; series of 13 created 1834-43 and published in 1843;
Hamlet: The Play-within-a-play
biblio: Delteil, no. 109, second state of three.
A later edition has sixteen illustrations, but the initial publication only contained thirteen.
NOTE- don't change date because the litho is dated in corner 1838.
O'Neill, John P., ed. Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863): Paintings, Drawings, and Prints from North American Collections, (New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art distributed by Harry N. Abrams, 1991), 201, cat. no. 94. [Available online through the MetPublications, http://www.metmuseum.org/research/metpublications/Eugene_Delacroix_1798_1863_Paintings_Drawings_and_Prints_from_North_American_Collections.]
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actors
theater
performance
king
queen
murder
proscenium arch
foreground
poison
background
tragedy
stage
publication
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
Before 2000: Juanita K. Bromberg, Dallas, TX
After 2000: Dallas Museum of Art, Foundation for the Arts, bequest of the above
[note] The Foundation for the Arts is a non-profit corporation created as a title-holding entity to serve the people of Dallas but to operate independently of the City. The Dallas Museum of Art (at its own cost) is responsible for the care, storage, insurance, conservation and maintenance of the collection, and agrees to maintain the highest museum standards in the management and handling of the Foundation’s collection. The title to all works of art purchased or otherwise acquired by the Foundation for the Arts is retained by the Foundation.
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