Death of Ophelia
Medium
Lithograph; first state of three
Dimensions
Image: 10 3/16 x 7 3/8 in. (25.9 x 18.8 cm) Sheet: 17 x 13 11/16 in. (43.2 x 34.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1928
Accession Number
28.92.8
Tags
About the Artist
Eugène Delacroix|William Shakespeare · 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...