The Queen Tries to Console Hamlet (La Reine S’Efforce de Consoler Hamlet), from the Hamlet series
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The Queen Tries to Console Hamlet (La Reine S’Efforce de Consoler Hamlet), from the Hamlet series
Artwork Details
Artist/Maker
Eugène Delacroix
French, 1798–1863
French, 1798–1863
Date
1834, printed 1843–1864
Medium
Black and white lithograph on wove paper
Accession #
73.37
Dimensions
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Location
Currently Not on View
Description
Delacroix sets the stage and introduces the main characters—Hamlet, Queen Gertrude, and King Claudius—with a succinct scene in the state room of the castle of Elsinore. Mourning his father’s death and distressed by his mother’s hasty remarriage, Hamlet rejects the queen’s urgings to give up his dark attire. His sideways glance indicates his growing suspicion of his uncle Claudius, the new king.
Credit
Purchase in honor of Mrs. Robert Wells, President 1972-1973 of the Members GuildCheck This Out
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