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Oil painting - Scene from Twelfth Night: Maria, Olivia, Viola
  • Scene from Twelfth Night: Maria, Olivia, Viola
    William Hamilton, born 1751 - died 1801
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Scene from Twelfth Night: Maria, Olivia, Viola

  • Object:

    Oil painting

  • Place of origin:

    Great Britain, UK (probably, painted)

  • Date:

    ca. 1789 (painted)

  • Artist/Maker:

    William Hamilton, born 1751 - died 1801 (artist)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    oil on canvas

  • Museum number:

    655-1883

  • Gallery location:

    Paintings, room 82, case SOUTH WALL

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This work depicts a scene from Shakespeare's play Twelfth Night. Viola, dressed as a man, encounters Olivia, accompanied by Maria. Hamilton painted it as one of 23 works for Josiah Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery in London's Pall Mall. It was displayed from 1789 to 1805 and also published as an engraving.

Place of Origin

Great Britain, UK (probably, painted)

Date

ca. 1789 (painted)

Artist/maker

William Hamilton, born 1751 - died 1801 (artist)

Materials and Techniques

oil on canvas

Dimensions

Height: 78.7 cm estimate, Width: 53.3 cm estimate, Height: 112.5 cm frame, Width: 90 cm frame, Depth: 9.5 cm frame, Depth: 13 cm frame, with build up

Object history note

Purchased, 1883

Descriptive line

Oil painting, 'Scene from Twelfth Night', William Hamilton RA, ca. 1789

Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)

Guy Cogeval and Beatrice Avanzi, eds. de la Scene au Tableau Rovereto: MART - Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, 2009. ISBN: 978-2-0812-2944-0.
Exhibition catalogue

Exhibition History

da la Scene au Tableau (Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto 19/06/2010-30/10/2010)
da la Scene au Tableau (Museo di arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto 06/02/2010-23/05/2010)
da la Scene au Tableau (Musee Cantini, Marseille 01/10/2009-03/01/2010)

Materials

Oil paint; Canvas

Techniques

Oil painting

Subjects depicted

Viola; Olivia; Maria

Categories

Paintings

Collection code

PDP

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