Hamlet and Guildenstern
Medium
Lithograph; second state of four
Dimensions
Image: 10 x 8 in. (25.4 x 20.3 cm) Sheet: 11 5/16 x 8 7/8 in. (28.8 x 22.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1922
Accession Number
22.56.9
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
Eugène Delacroix|Villain|William Shakespeare · 1798–1863
Eugène Delacroix (1798–1863) stands as the defining figure of French Romanticism and a pivotal bridge to modernism. Born in Charenton-Saint-Maurice near Paris, he came from distinguished lineage—his mother descended from the prestigious Oeben-Riesener furniture dynasty, while persistent speculation suggested the statesman Talleyrand may have been his biological father, a theory supported by physic...