Hamlet Attempts to Kill the King
Medium
Lithograph; first state of three
Dimensions
Image: 10 3/8 x 7 1/16 in. (26.3 x 17.9 cm) Sheet: 11 3/4 x 8 1/4 in. (29.9 x 21 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1922
Accession Number
22.56.11
Tags
About the Artist
Eugène Delacroix|William Shakespeare|Villain · 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...