Framed Canvas - John Everett Millais, Ophelia
"Spice up your empty walls with this eye-catching framed canvas! This high-quality framed canvas - John Everett Millais, Ophelia made of pine wood comes with rubber pads on the back corners and a wall mount that allows for easy hanging of the artwork. Additionally, the frame gives the canvas a cool floating effect!"
Frame: pine
Frame thickness: 3.18 cm (1.25)
Canvas fabric weight: 344 g/m /- 25g/m (10.15 /- 0.74 oz/yd)
Open back
With rubber buffers on the rear corners
Suspension attached
Blank from the USA
Disclaimers:
- The framed canvases with brown and black frames have a black interior around the canvas and the canvases with white frames have a white interior around the canvas.
- This product is not intended for sanding or cutting doing so creates airborne dust that can cause lung irritation.
canvas without frame
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1.25 thick polycotton blend canvas fabric
Canvas fabric weight: 344 g/m /- 25 g/m (10.15 /- 0.74 oz./yd.)
Lightfast
Manually stretched over a solid wood stretcher frame
Mounting brackets included
Blank from the USA, Canada, Europe, Great Britain or Australia
The tragic beauty of Ophelia: A masterpiece by Sir John Everett Millais
The image of Ophelia, the tragic figure from William Shakespeare's Hamlet, has fascinated artists for centuries. Among the most iconic and moving representations of this figure is Ophelia (1851-1852), painted by the British Pre-Raphaelite Sir John Everett Millais. This masterpiece, both breathtaking in its technical execution and touching in its emotional depth, remains one of the most well-known and discussed works in Western art history.
The story of Ophelia in Hamlet
To fully appreciate Millais' Ophelia, one must first understand the character of Ophelia in Shakespeare's play Hamlet. Ophelia is a young noblewoman who finds herself in the chaos of the Danish court. She is the daughter of Polonius, the sister of Laertes, and the beloved of Prince Hamlet. Ophelia's tragic fate is sealed when her relationship with Hamlet deteriorates, and after the death of her father, she descends into madness.
In Act 4, Scene 7, Ophelia's mental breakdown reaches its tragic climax. After her father is murdered by Hamlet, Ophelia is overwhelmed by grief and madness. She dies in a river, an apparent drowning, the causes of which remain unclear whether it was an accident or suicide is left open. Her death is one of the most tragic moments of the play and symbolizes the fragility of the human psyche, which is overwhelmed by grief, betrayal, and loss.
Millais Ophelia is an interpretation of this tragic scene. The painting captures the moment just before her death, with Ophelia floating in a river, surrounded by flowers, embodying the innocence and purity that are lost amidst the surrounding horrors.
