Hamlet Tries To Follow His Father's Ghost
Medium
Lithograph; second state of four
Dimensions
Image: 10 1/8 x 8 in. (25.7 x 20.3 cm) Sheet: 11 5/8 x 8 3/4 in. (29.6 x 22.3 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1922
Accession Number
22.56.6
Tags
ShakespeareMenHamlet
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...