Ophélie, la cape bleue sur les eaux (Ophelia with a Blue Wimple in the Water)

Odilon Redon (signed by artist), 1900 - 1905

Around 1900 young artists exhibited at various independent societies. Les Vingt in Brussels was such an association, of which both James Ensor and Jan Toorop were members and where Redon was invited to show his work. His dreamy, visionary art is part of Symbolism. Here he depicted the fatal drowning of Ophelia, the lover of Hamlet from the Shakespearean tragedy of the same title.

  • Artwork typepainting
  • Object numberSK-A-4840
  • Dimensionsheight 54.5 cm x width 49.5 cm, depth 2.5 cm
  • Physical characteristicsolieverf op papier

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Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Ophélie, la cape bleue sur les eaux (Ophelia with a Blue Wimple in the Water)
    • Ophélie, la cape bleue sur les eaux

  • Object type

  • Object number

    SK-A-4840

  • Description

    Voorstelling getiteld 'Ophélie, la cape bleue sur les eaux'. Ophelia drijvend met gesloten ogen tussen bloemen in het water, geïnspireerd op Shakespeare's 'Hamlet'.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    signature: ‘Odilon Redon’

Creation

  • Creation

    painter: Odilon Redon (signed by artist), France

  • Dating

    1900 - 1905

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    olieverf op papier

  • Dimensions

    • height 54.5 cm x width 49.5 cm
    • depth 2.5 cm

This work is about

  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt and the Ministerie van WVC

  • Acquisition

    purchase 1986

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    … ; collection Andries Bonger (1861-1936), Amsterdam, after 1892;{Verslagen 1986, p. 16.; Note RKD.} ? his widow, barones Françoise Wilhelmina Maria van der Borch van Verwolde (1887-1975); her nephew, Mr Samuel Crommelin;{Note RMA.} purchased from his heirs, Laren, by the museum, with support from the Vereniging Rembrandt and the Ministerie van Welzijn, Volksgezondheid en Cultuur, 1986

  • Remarks

    Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

Documentation

    • p. 90
    • p. 175, 223, 224

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