John Everett Millais - Ophelia
In William Shakespeare’s famous play “The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark” -the death of Ophelia is a key episode that is rarely seen in stage performances.
But just over 250 years after Shakespeare first wrote his great masterpiece . . . a 23 year old artist by the name of John Everett Millais took it upon himself to paint a work directly inspired …
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