(b. 1798, Charenton-Saint-Maurice, d. 1863, Paris)
The Death of Ophelia
1843
Lithograph, 181 x 255 mm
Musée Eugène Delacroix, Paris
Touched by the story of Ophelia's madness and death, Delacroix contrived to express in her death-scene a Shakespearean tribute to the suffering of humanity.
