The Murder of Polonius
Medium
Lithograph; second state of three
Dimensions
Image: 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (24.1 x 19.1 cm) Sheet: 10 13/16 x 8 3/8 in. (27.4 x 21.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1922
Accession Number
22.56.12
Tags
ShakespeareHamletSwordsMenWomen
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...