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Hamlet and Polonius

Adolph Menzel

Emanuel von Baeyer - Cabinet United Kingdom

Artwork details

Artist
Adolph Menzel
Title
Hamlet and Polonius
Description

On Japan paper.
Illustrates the scene between Hamlet and Polonius, from Act 3, Scene 2:
Hamlet: Do you see yonder cloud that's almost in shape of a camel?
Polonius: By th'mass, and 'tis like a camel indeed.

Date
1845
Medium
Etching
Edition
N/A
Signature
Signed In Plate
Catalogue Raisonne
Bock, 1150 II.
Sheet
40.6 x 26.2 cm
Status
Available
Price
£800.00
The Artist

Adolph Menzel

The Berlin-based artist Adolph Menzel enjoyed lifetime recognition for his paintings, drawings and prints. He earned the respect of prominent colleagues and influential contemporary critics. Numerous one-man exhibitions of his work staged in major museums, galleries and art associations added to his renown. He was accorded the highest national honours and elevated to the nobility. A comprehensive memorial exhibition staged shortly after his death at the Nationalgalerie in Berlin crowned his stellar career. The Nationalgalerie had regularly secured many of his major works for its collection and went on to acquire his artistic estate, thus guaranteeing him a permanent place in the annals of German nineteenth-century art.

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