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Creation of Ophelia

Creation of Ophelia
Image: John Everett Millais · Public domain · source

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.

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Timeline

  1. Creation of Dante and Virgil in Hell1850
  2. Creation of The Ninth Wave1850
  3. Creation of The Painter's Studio1850s
  4. Creation of Ophelia (this page)1851
  5. Creation of Washington Crossing the Delaware1851
  6. Creation of The Meeting, or Bonjour, Monsieur Courbet!1854

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