Hamlet Contemplating Yorick’s Skull

1828

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Lithograph on chine collé; third state of three
Dimensions: Image: 10 1/4 × 13 9/16 in. (26.1 × 34.5 cm) Sheet (chine collé): 11 9/16 × 14 7/8 in. (29.3 × 37.8 cm) Sheet: 16 5/8 × 19 1/2 in. (42.2 × 49.5 cm)
Collection no.: 2018.79
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Eugène Delacroix. Hamlet Contemplating Yorick’s Skull. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Hamlet Contemplating Yorick’s Skull — Eugène Delacroix. 1828.

Medium: Lithograph on chine collé; third state of three. Dimensions: Image: 10 1/4 × 13 9/16 in. (26.1 × 34.5 cm) Sheet (chine collé): 11 9/16 × 14 7/8 in. (29.3 × 37.8 cm) Sheet: 16 5/8 × 19 1/2 in. (42.2 × 49.5 cm).

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

Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 2018.

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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