Hamlet and Horatio in the Graveyard

1827–28

Dating: Date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Brush and brown wash with watercolor over graphite on heavy watercolor paper
Dimensions: 13 9/16 x 7 15/16 in. (34.4 x 20.1 cm)
Collection no.: 1975.1.616
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Eugène Delacroix. Hamlet and Horatio in the Graveyard. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Hamlet and Horatio in the Graveyard — Eugène Delacroix. 1827–28.

Medium: Brush and brown wash with watercolor over graphite on heavy watercolor paper. Dimensions: 13 9/16 x 7 15/16 in. (34.4 x 20.1 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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