Another haunting version of Ophelia belongs to the French portraitist Pierre Auguste Cot, well-known for his portraits and romantic scenes. The painting is not a direct illustr… See more

Ophelia was a popular subject with the French Symbolist Odilon Redon, and quite a personal one too. In 1888, his close friend and literary critic Emile Hennequin drowned in front of t… See more

Both in Shakespeare’s times and in the late nineteenth century women were obliged to wear heavy garments of multiple layers to show modesty. In fact, those garments in Shakespea… See more

The legendary actress, who was also the first celebrity in the modern sense of this word, Sarah Bernhardtwas also a gifted sculptor. In a way, her artistic practice was a continuati… See more