1834
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
Hamlet: The Queen Endeavors to Console Hamlet is a 1834 by Eugène Delacroix, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This black-and-white drawing shows a group of people in fancy old clothes. A man in a crown and heavy robe stands on the right, holding a woman’s hand. She’s dressed in dark, simple clothes, looking down. Behind them, two other women in hooded robes stand close together, watching. The room looks like a castle hallway with tall windows and stone walls. The man’s crown and the woman’s sad face suggest this scene is about grief or loss. The artist used shading to make the fabrics look rich and the faces expressive. Next, look up Romanticism to see how this style used emotion and drama.
Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix ( DEL-ə-krwah, -KRWAH; French: ; 26 April 1798 – 13 August 1863) was a French Romantic artist who was regarded as the leader of the French Romantic school.
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