alb3679875

AFTER GIOVANNI BATTISTA CIPRIANI. Ophelia: "There's fennel for you, and columbines" (Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act 4, Scene 5)

Ophelia: "There's fennel for you, and columbines" (Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act 4, Scene 5). Artist: After Giovanni Battista Cipriani (Italian, Florence 1727-1785 Hammersmith (active London)). Dimensions: Sheet (trimmed within plate): 13 1/8 × 9 5/16 in. (33.3 × 23.7 cm). Engraver: William Wynne Ryland (British, baptized London 1732-1783 London). Publisher: John Walker (British, active 1776-1802). Subject: William Shakespeare (British, Stratford-upon-Avon 1564-1616 Stratford-upon-Avon). Date: 1787.
Ophelia appears here in act 4 of Shakespeare's play, her mind unhinged by her father's murder. Singing and crowned with weeds, she offers herbs and flowers to her brother, the queen and king. Soon after this scene, she will fall into a brook while picking flowers and drown. Ryland's print is based on a drawing by Cipriani.

Share
Pinterest
Twitter
Facebook
Copy link
Email

Add to another lightbox

Do you already have an account? Sign in

You do not have an account? Register

Buy this image

Author:

AFTER GIOVANNI BATTISTA CIPRIANI (1727-1785)

Title:

Ophelia: "There's fennel for you, and columbines" (Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act 4, Scene 5)

Caption:

Ophelia: "There's fennel for you, and columbines" (Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act 4, Scene 5). Artist: After Giovanni Battista Cipriani (Italian, Florence 1727-1785 Hammersmith (active London)). Dimensions: Sheet (trimmed within plate): 13 1/8 × 9 5/16 in. (33.3 × 23.7 cm). Engraver: William Wynne Ryland (British, baptized London 1732-1783 London). Publisher: John Walker (British, active 1776-1802). Subject: William Shakespeare (British, Stratford-upon-Avon 1564-1616 Stratford-upon-Avon). Date: 1787. Ophelia appears here in act 4 of Shakespeare's play, her mind unhinged by her father's murder. Singing and crowned with weeds, she offers herbs and flowers to her brother, the queen and king. Soon after this scene, she will fall into a brook while picking flowers and drown. Ryland's print is based on a drawing by Cipriani.

Technique/material:

Stipple engraving, printed in brown ink

Museum:

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Publisher:

John Walker (British, active 1776-1802)

Credit:

Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY

Releases:

Model: No - Property: No
Rights questions?

Image size:

3226 x 4087 px | 37.7 MB

Print size:

27.3 x 34.6 cm | 10.8 x 13.6 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

AFTER GIOVANNI BATTISTA CIPRIANI • DRAWINGS AND PRINTS • ENGRAVED • ENGRAVING (ARTWORK) • ENGRAVING • ENGRAVING. • ENGRAVINGS • ETCHING • INK • INTAGLIO PRINTS • JOHN WALKER (BRITISH, ACTIVE 1776-1802) • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, USA • PRINT • PRINTS • STIPPLE ENGRAVING, PRINTED IN BROWN INK • STIPPLE ENGRAVINGS • STIPPLING