Death of Ophelia (Act IV, Scene VII), 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): 7 5/16 x 10 1/16 in. (17.7 x 25.6 cm.) sheet: 10 7/8 x 16 5/16 in. (27.7 x 41.5 cm.)

Founders Society Purchase, John S. Newberry Fund

67.267

Signed on stone, lower left: E. D.

Inscribed, printed below image, center: ...Ses vetements appesantis et trempes d'eau ont entraine la pauvre malheureuse. Lower right: Lith. de Villain. Dated on stone, lower left: 1843

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

Eugène Delacroix, Death of Ophelia (Act IV, Scene VII), 1843, lithograph printed in black ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, John S. Newberry Fund, 67.267.