Ultra HD Master (5 000 × 3 400 px)
Pre-Raphaelite
1851–1852
Ophelia
Original title: Ophelia
John Everett Millais
Museum Provenance & Technical Data
Medium / Support:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
76.2 cm × 111.8 cm
Date of Creation:
1851–1852
Scan Resolution:
5 000 × 3 400 px
Archive File Size:
6.4 MB
Permanent Collection:
Tate Britain, London, United Kingdom
Historical Narrative
Illustrates the tragic death of Shakespeare's Ophelia from Hamlet, singing as she floats down a willow-fringed brook before her garments pull her down to a muddy death.
Visual & Curatorial Analysis
"A tour de force of Pre-Raphaelite naturalism, painted en plein air along the Hogsmill River with obsessive botanical accuracy, capturing every flower's Victorian symbolic meaning."
Explore Era
View All →
