Hamlet Contemplating Yorick’s Skull
Eugène Delacroix French
Not on view
Act 5, scene 1 of "Hamlet" in which the gravedigger preparing Ophelia’s burial site unearths the skull of Yorick, a jester from Hamlet’s childhood, preoccupied Delacroix throughout his career. This lithograph represents his first treatment of the subject in print. He reprised it in paintings for the Salon (one rejected in 1836 and another accepted in 1839) and as part of his suite of illustrations for "Hamlet" in 1843.
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