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57 works by 14 artists

57 works featuring “Shakespeare” by 14 artists, from the 18th to the 20th century, held in 27 museums.

Composition (Romeo and Julia), Ellen Thesleff

Composition (Romeo and Julia), 1940–1949.

Kompositio (Romeo ja Julia) (museum title)

Ellen Thesleff (Finnish), oil on canvas

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Falstaff in the Laundry Basket, Johann Heinrich Füssli

Falstaff in the Laundry Basket, 1792.

Falstaff im Wäschekorb (museum title)

Johann Heinrich Füssli (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

King Lear and Cordelia, Act V, Scene 10, James Barry

King Lear and Cordelia, Act V, Scene 10, 1776.

King Lear and Cordelia, Act V, Scene 10 (museum title)

James Barry (Irish), etching, aquatint and open bite

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Hamlet devant le corps de Polonius, Eugène Delacroix

Hamlet devant le corps de Polonius, 1855.

Hamlet devant le corps de Polonius (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Reims, France

Hamlet and his Mother. Episode from Shakspeare's Hamlet, Nicolai Abildgaard

Hamlet and his Mother. Episode from Shakspeare's Hamlet, c. 1776–1779.

Hamlet hos sin moder (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Lady Macbeth marchant dans son sommeil, Eugène Delacroix

Lady Macbeth marchant dans son sommeil, 1850.

Lady Macbeth marchant dans son sommeil (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Canada

Hamlet et Horatio devant les fossoyeurs, Eugène Delacroix

Hamlet et Horatio devant les fossoyeurs, 1843.

Hamlet et Horatio devant les fossoyeurs (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French)

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Hamlet et Ophélie, Eugène Delacroix

Hamlet et Ophélie, 1840.

Hamlet et Ophélie (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

Hamlet and the Body of Polonius (Act III, Scene IV), Eugène Delacroix

Hamlet and the Body of Polonius (Act III, Scene IV), 1835.

Hamlet and the Body of Polonius (Act III, Scene IV) (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French)

National Gallery of Art, United States

Hamlet is Tempted to Kill the King (Act III, Scene III), Eugène Delacroix

Hamlet is Tempted to Kill the King (Act III, Scene III), 1834–1843.

Hamlet is Tempted to Kill the King (Act III, Scene III) (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French)

Prints in the National Gallery of Art, United States

Portrait of Edmund Kean (1787-1833), Actor, as Hamlet, Daniel Maclise

Portrait of Edmund Kean (1787-1833), Actor, as Hamlet

Portrait of Edmund Kean (1787-1833), Actor, as Hamlet (museum title)

Daniel Maclise (Irish), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Ireland

The Three Witches, Johann Heinrich Füssli

The Three Witches, 1783.

Die drei Hexen (museum title)

Johann Heinrich Füssli (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

King Lear and Cordelia, James Barry

King Lear and Cordelia, 1776.

King Lear and Cordelia (museum title)

James Barry (Irish), etching, aquatint and open bite

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Richard III, from Shakespeare´s Richard III, Nicolai Abildgaard

Richard III, from Shakespeare´s Richard III, c. 1783–1787.

Richard III vågner af sit mareridt i sit telt i Bosworth (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Roméo et Juliette au tombeau des Capulet, Eugène Delacroix

Roméo et Juliette au tombeau des Capulet, 1850.

Roméo et Juliette au tombeau des Capulet (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on paper and canvas

Musée National Eugène Delacroix, France

Hamlet et sa mère, Eugène Delacroix

Hamlet et sa mère, 1849.

Hamlet et sa mère (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The Death of Ophelia (Act IV, Scene VII), Eugène Delacroix

The Death of Ophelia (Act IV, Scene VII), 1843.

The Death of Ophelia (Act IV, Scene VII) (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French)

National Gallery of Art, United States

Hamlet et Horatio au cimetière, Eugène Delacroix

Hamlet et Horatio au cimetière, 1839.

Hamlet et Horatio au cimetière (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

Players Enacting the Poisoning of Hamlet's Father (Act III, Scne II), Eugène Delacroix

Players Enacting the Poisoning of Hamlet's Father (Act III, Scne II), 1835.

Players Enacting the Poisoning of Hamlet's Father (Act III… (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French)

Prints in the National Gallery of Art, United States

The Murder of Polonius (Act III, Scene IV), Eugène Delacroix

The Murder of Polonius (Act III, Scene IV), 1834–1843.

The Murder of Polonius (Act III, Scene IV) (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French)

Rosenwald Collection, United States

Iachimo Emerging from the Chest in Imogen's Chamber, James Barry

Iachimo Emerging from the Chest in Imogen's Chamber, c. 1788–1792.

Iachimo Emerging from the Chest in Imogen's Chamber (museum title)

James Barry (Irish), oil on cardboard

National Gallery of Ireland

The Seven Ages of Man ('As You Like It', Act II Scene 7), William Mulready

The Seven Ages of Man ('As You Like It', Act II Scene 7), c. 1836–1838.

The Seven Ages of Man ('As You Like It', Act II Scene 7) (museum title)

William Mulready (Irish), oil on canvas

Victoria and Albert Museum, United Kingdom

Hamlet et Horatio au cimetière, Eugène Delacroix

Hamlet et Horatio au cimetière, 1859.

Hamlet et Horatio au cimetière (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

La Mort d'Ophélie, Eugène Delacroix

La Mort d'Ophélie, 1853.

La Mort d'Ophélie (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Oskar Reinhart Collection “Am Römerholz”, Switzerland

Macbeth, Landscape, Camille Corot

Macbeth, Landscape, 1859.

Macbeth, paysage (museum title)

Camille Corot (French), oil on canvas

Wallace Collection, United Kingdom

La Mort d'Ophélie, Eugène Delacroix

La Mort d'Ophélie, 1844–1853.

La Mort d'Ophélie (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

Hamlet and Horatio before the Gravediggers (Act V, Scene I), Eugène Delacroix

Hamlet and Horatio before the Gravediggers (Act V, Scene I), 1843.

Hamlet and Horatio before the Gravediggers (Act V, Scene I) (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French)

Rosenwald Collection, United States

La Mort d'Ophélie, Eugène Delacroix

La Mort d'Ophélie, 1838.

La Mort d'Ophélie (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Bavarian State Painting Collections, Germany

The Queen Tries to Console Hamlet (Act I, Scene II), Eugène Delacroix

The Queen Tries to Console Hamlet (Act I, Scene II), 1834.

The Queen Tries to Console Hamlet (Act I, Scene II) (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French)

Prints in the National Gallery of Art, United States

Hamlet and the Queen (Act III, Scene IV), Eugène Delacroix

Hamlet and the Queen (Act III, Scene IV), 1834.

Hamlet and the Queen (Act III, Scene IV) (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French)

Rosenwald Collection, United States

Titania, Bottom and the Fairies, Johann Heinrich Füssli

Titania, Bottom and the Fairies, 1793–1794.

Titania liebkost Zettel mit dem Eselskopf (museum title)

Johann Heinrich Füssli (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

Claudio and Isabella, William Holman Hunt

Claudio and Isabella, 1850.

Claudio and Isabella (museum title)

William Holman Hunt (British), oil on wood

Tate Britain, United Kingdom

King Lear Weeping over the Dead Body of Cordelia, James Barry

King Lear Weeping over the Dead Body of Cordelia, 1786–1788.

King Lear Weeping over the Dead Body of Cordelia (museum title)

James Barry (Irish), oil on canvas

Tate Britain, United Kingdom

Desdémone maudite par son père, Eugène Delacroix

Desdémone maudite par son père, 1852.

Desdémone maudite par son père (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Reims, France

Hamlet, Honoré Daumier

Hamlet, 1851.

Hamlet (museum title)

Honoré Daumier (French), lithograph

National Gallery of Art, United States

Jessica (from William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, Act II, sc.v), J. M. W. Turner

Jessica (from William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, Act II, sc.v), 1830.

Jessica (from William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice… (museum title)

J. M. W. Turner (British), oil on canvas

Tate, United Kingdom

Hamlet and Laertes in the Grave of Ophelia (Act V, Scene I), Eugène Delacroix

Hamlet and Laertes in the Grave of Ophelia (Act V, Scene I), 1843.

Hamlet and Laertes in the Grave of Ophelia (Act V, Scene I) (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French)

Prints in the National Gallery of Art, United States

Hamlet and Horatio at the Cemetery, Eugène Delacroix

Hamlet and Horatio at the Cemetery, 1835.

Hamlet and Horatio at the Cemetery (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Städel Museum, Germany

Polonius and Hamlet (Act II, Scene II), Eugène Delacroix

Polonius and Hamlet (Act II, Scene II), 1834–1843.

Polonius and Hamlet (Act II, Scene II) (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French)

National Gallery of Art, United States

The Song of Ophelia (Act IV, Scene V), Eugène Delacroix

The Song of Ophelia (Act IV, Scene V), 1834.

The Song of Ophelia (Act IV, Scene V) (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French)

National Gallery of Art, United States

Oberon Squeezes the Flower on Titania's Eyelids, Johann Heinrich Füssli

Oberon Squeezes the Flower on Titania's Eyelids, 1793–1794.

Oberon träufelt Blumensaft auf die Augen der schlafenden… (museum title)

Johann Heinrich Füssli (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

King Lear, James Barry

King Lear, 1776.

King Lear (museum title)

James Barry (Irish), etching

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Richard III, Nicolai Abildgaard

Richard III, 1787.

Richard III (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

National Museum of Norway

Desdemona maudite par son père, Eugène Delacroix

Desdemona maudite par son père, 1850–1854.

Desdemona maudite par son père (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French)

Brooklyn Museum, United States

Rehearsing the Play Scene from Shakespeare's Hamlet, at Sadlers Wells, William Orpen

Rehearsing the Play Scene from Shakespeare's Hamlet, at Sadlers Wells, c. 1899.

Rehearsing the Play Scene from Shakespeare's Hamlet, at… (museum title)

William Orpen (Irish), ink, graphite, and wash on paper

National Gallery of Ireland

The Ghost on the Terrace (Act I, Scene V), Eugène Delacroix

The Ghost on the Terrace (Act I, Scene V), 1843.

The Ghost on the Terrace (Act I, Scene V) (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French)

Rosenwald Collection, United States

The Death of Hamlet (Act V, Scene II), Eugène Delacroix

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

The Death of Hamlet (Act V, Scene II) (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French)

National Gallery of Art, United States

Hamlet Wishes to Follow the Ghost of his Father (Act I, Scene IV), Eugène Delacroix

Hamlet Wishes to Follow the Ghost of his Father (Act I, Scene IV), 1835.

Hamlet Wishes to Follow the Ghost of his Father (Act I… (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French)

Prints in the National Gallery of Art, United States

Hamlet and Ophelia (Act III, Scene I), Eugène Delacroix

Hamlet and Ophelia (Act III, Scene I), 1834–1843.

Hamlet and Ophelia (Act III, Scene I) (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French)

Prints in the National Gallery of Art, United States

Hamlet and Guildenstern (Act III, Scene II), Eugène Delacroix

Hamlet and Guildenstern (Act III, Scene II), 1834–1843.

Hamlet and Guildenstern (Act III, Scene II) (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French)

Rosenwald Collection, United States