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The Tragic Actor: Rouvière in the Role of Hamlet by Édouard Manet
Édouard Manet · 1865

The Tragic Actor: Rouvière in the Role of Hamlet

The story

The famous tragic actor Philibert Rouviere stands as Hamlet, hat in hand, sword at his feet, his pale face glowing against the dark. Manet painted this around 1865; after Rouviere died, his pupil Antoine Guillemet helped finish it.

Artist
Édouard Manet
Year
1865
Rights
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