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L'Acteur tragique
The Tragic Actor (Rouvière as Hamlet)
Édouard Manet · 1866
National Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C., United States
About this painting
A near life-size portrait of actor Philibert Rouvière as Hamlet, painted in stark blacks that critics likened to a playing-card figure — Manet unbothered by the mockery.
Painting Details
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
187 × 108 cm (73.6 × 42.5 in)
Painted at
Paris, France
Current location
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
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