Historic Scene

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Paris, Musée d'Orsay, France - Inv. RF 5260 folio 40 recto
Dernière mise à jour : 2022-02-27 09:25:12
Référence : MSb-184

History

Famille de l'artiste - Marc Bazille, frère de l'artiste, Montpellier - Don de Marc Bazille au musée du Louvre, 1921 - Musée d'Orsay [Conservé au département des Arts graphiques du musée du Louvre].

Exhibitions

Montpellier, Paris, Washington, 2016-2017, repr. p. 265.

Bibliography

Marandel, Cat. exp. The Art Institute of Chicago, 1978, n° 67, repr. p. 220 - Schulman, 1995, folio 40 recto, repr. p. 280 - Hilaire, Jones, Perrin, Cat. exp. Montpellier, Paris, Washington, 2016-2017, repr. p. 265 - Schulman, Frédéric Bazille : Catalogue raisonné numérique, 2022, n° 184.

In the 1978 Chicago exhibition catalogue, Marandel sees a study of Hamlet after Delacroix. According to Lee Johnson, there is no Delacroix composition, canvas, drawing, or watercolor, corresponding to this drawing. The Montpellier, Paris, Washington, 2016- 2017 exhibition catalogue states "Unidentified scene of historical or literary inspiration. Possibly Hamlet or Horatio at the Cemetery and the Funeral Procession at the beginning of Act V of Shakespeare's Hamlet".