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

Auguste Préault French
 Founder Ferdinand Barbedienne French

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 552

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.

The Actor Rouvière in the Role of Hamlet, Recoiling Before the Ghost, Auguste Préault (French, Paris 1809–1879 Paris), Bronze, brown patina, French, Paris

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