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Cassio Bowing

Subject William Shakespeare British
1852
Not on view
Between 1852 and 1855 Chassériau returned to Shakespearean themes in his paintings and drawings, using an 1844 series of fifteen etchings devoted to Othello as a starting point. This image of Cassio relates to plate 6, where Desdemona tells Cassio that she will plead his cause with her husband (see: 64.599.1).

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Cassio Bowing
  • Artist: Théodore Chassériau (French, Le Limon, Saint-Domingue, West Indies 1819–1856 Paris)
  • Subject: William Shakespeare (British, Stratford-upon-Avon 1564–1616 Stratford-upon-Avon)
  • Date: 1852
  • Medium: Black chalk
  • Dimensions: sheet: 11 11/16 x 7 3/8 in. (29.7 x 18.7 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Alexandrine Sinsheimer, 1958
  • Object Number: 59.23.26
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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