Hamlet Attempts to Slay the King, plate 8 from Hamlet
Eugène Delacroix
1843
Medium
Lithograph in black on off-white China paper laid down on white wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 25.4 × 18.1 cm (10 × 7 3/16 in.); Sheet: 54.7 × 35.6 cm (21 9/16 × 14 1/16 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
142579
About the Artist
Eugène Delacroix · 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...