Death of Hamlet (Act V, Scene II), 1843

  • Eugène Delacroix, French, 1798-1863
  • Gihaut Frères, French, active 1820-1850
  • Villain, French, 1819-1822

Lithograph printed in black ink on wove paper

  • Image (excluding letters): 11 3/8 × 7 7/8 inches (28.9 × 20 cm) Sheet: 16 1/4 × 10 7/8 inches (41.3 × 27.6 cm)

Founders Society Purchase, John S. Newberry Fund

67.269

Signed on stone, lower right: Eug Delacroix.

Inscribed, printed below image, center: Ah | je meurs Horatie | justifie moi et ma cause aupres de ceux qui m'accuseraient... | Quelle vaste curee a faite la mort | que de princes frappes a la fois par le trepas Lower right: Lith. de Villain. Dated on stone, lower right: 1843

1968-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Eugène Delacroix, Death of Hamlet (Act V, Scene II), 1843, lithograph printed in black ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, John S. Newberry Fund, 67.269.