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"Therefore, be merry Cassio": plate 6 from Othello (Act 3, Scene 3)

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"Therefore, be merry Cassio": plate 6 from Othello (Act 3, Scene 3)

Théodore Chassériau | William Shakespeare

1844

Medium

Etching, engraving, roulette, drypoint on chine collé; first edition of 1844

Tags

Shakespeare Men Women

Dimensions

plate: 12 1/2 x 9 5/8 in. (31.8 x 24.5 cm) image: 10 9/16 x 8 7/16 in. (26.8 x 21.5 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection. The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Théodore Chassériau

1819–1856 • France

Born in the Dominican Republic. Painter of decorative schemes, portraits, nudes, and North African scenes. Perhaps most famous for the decoration of the Cour des Comptes in the Palais d'Orsay; he combined Ingres' classical linear grace with Delacroix's Romantic color. Comment on works: history

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