Friedrich Heyser
Ophelia
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Framed size: 17 × 11 in
Solid wood frame
Exhibition canvas
Removable acrylic glass
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This is a framed canvas reproduction of a painting by Friedrich Heyser dating to c. 1900.
History & Materials
The story
Ophelia’s drowning happens offstage in Hamlet. Gertrude says her clothes spread across the brook and held her “mermaid-like” at the surface, then filled with water and pulled her under.
The original
Oil on canvas.
90.5 × 181.5 cm.
Museum Wiesbaden, Germany.
The reproduction
Printed with archival pigment inks on Epson Exhibition Canvas Matte.
Antiqued solid-wood frame with raised flowers and leaves.
Removable acrylic glass.
Print size: approx. 14 × 8 in.
Framed size: 17 × 11 in.
Frame depth: 0.9 in.