The Actor Rouvière in the Role of Hamlet, Recoiling Before the Ghost

The Actor Rouvière in the Role of Hamlet, Recoiling Before the Ghost

Auguste Préault

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The composition was designed for the tomb of the actor Philibert Rouvière in Montmarte Cemetery in Paris. The tomb relief was subsequently stolen. In this cast from the Barbedienne foundry, Préault's signature was effaced and replaced with that of the much later sculptor Dalou.

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Actor Rouvière in the Role of Hamlet, Recoiling Before the GhostThe Actor Rouvière in the Role of Hamlet, Recoiling Before the GhostThe Actor Rouvière in the Role of Hamlet, Recoiling Before the GhostThe Actor Rouvière in the Role of Hamlet, Recoiling Before the GhostThe Actor Rouvière in the Role of Hamlet, Recoiling Before the Ghost

The fifty thousand objects in the Museum's comprehensive and historically important collection of European sculpture and decorative arts reflect the development of a number of art forms in Western European countries from the early fifteenth through the early twentieth century. The holdings include sculpture in many sizes and media, woodwork and furniture, ceramics and glass, metalwork and jewelry, horological and mathematical instruments, and tapestries and textiles. Ceramics made in Asia for export to European markets and sculpture and decorative arts produced in Latin America during this period are also included among these works.