
Hamlet and Horatio before the Gravediggers (Act V, Scene I)
Delacroix, Eugène · French
1843
- Medium
- lithograph
- Classification
- Portfolio
- Period
- 1826 to 1850
- Image size
- 3432 × 4546px
Description
The image shows four figures standing and interacting with each other. The person on the left is standing upright on a mound. This figure has wavy hair and is dressed in a cloak with a visible garment underneath. The figure in the center faces the viewer and is covered in a similar cloak, with tousled hair. To the right, a kneeling figure offers a skull to the standing figures, wearing a shirt with rolled-up sleeves and a vest. Another figure, seated at the base of the mound, appears to be looking up towards the central character while holding his head with one hand and a shovel or spade with the other. The background depicts a shore with distant structures on a hillside under a cloudy sky.
Rights & Source
Open access image from the National Gallery of Art, released under its open access program. Metadata via the NGA Open Data Program (CC0).