John Everett Millais · 1851–52
Ophelia
Posters from $15 · Canvas from $39
Millais's exquisite Pre-Raphaelite tableau of Hamlet's Ophelia floating in a stream, surrounded by flowers each chosen for its symbolic meaning. Tate Britain's most beloved painting.
Up to 24 × 14 in · landscape
Size
Larger sizes are unavailable for this painting because the source scan's resolution wouldn't print at gallery quality.
Format & finish
Archival cotton canvas stretched over a wooden frame. Ready to hang as-is. No external frame.
Scale next to a 5'10" person
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The story of Ophelia
Ophelia is an 1851–52 painting by British artist John Everett Millais in the collection of Tate Britain, London. It depicts the young Danish noblewoman Ophelia in William Shakespeare's play Hamlet, who, due to Hamlet's actions, loses her sanity and drowns.
Adapted from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
John Everett Millais
Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Baronet was an English painter and illustrator who was one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. He was a child prodigy who, aged eleven, became the youngest student to enter the Royal Academy Schools. The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood was founded at his family home in London, at 83 Gower Street. Millais became the most famous exponent of the style, his painting Christ in the House of His Parents (1849–50) generating considerable controversy, and he produced a picture that could serve as the embodiment of the historical and naturalist focus of the group, Ophelia, in 1851–1852.
All John Everett Millais prints →Biography adapted from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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