The Tragic Actor (Rouvière in the role of Hamlet)

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The Tragic Actor (Rouvière in the role of Hamlet)

Édouard ManetLinkedCulture matchlcp-1088101e6ec3

Date
1865–66
Medium
Etching and plate tone in black on ivory laid paper
Culture
France
Department
Prints and Drawings
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID
15243

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Édouard Manet’s etching depicts Philibert Rouvière in one of his most celebrated roles. The actor stands alone in theatrical lighting, with the diagonals of the rapier and shadows on the floor suggesting his violent state of mind. Rouvière is thought to have based his intense and physically exaggerated portrayal of Hamlet on Delacroix’s series of lithographs, two of which are on display nearby. Manet painted a nearly identical portrait of Rouvière as Hamlet in 1865, now in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. He completed the painting and made this print after the actor’s death, possibly as a tribute.

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John H. Wrenn Memorial Collection

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