Ophelia

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oil painting painting

Ophelia is a famous 1851–52 painting by John Everett Millais, emblematic of the Pre-Raphaelite movement and depicting Shakespeare’s tragic heroine floating in a stream surrounded by lush, detailed flora.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Ophelia (Shakespearean character) 1
Ophelia (illustrations) 1
Ophelia (painting by John Everett Millais) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf oil painting ⓘ
painting ⓘ
artStyle Pre-Raphaelite art ⓘ
surface form: Pre-Raphaelite
basedOn Hamlet ⓘ
basedOnWorkBy William Shakespeare ⓘ
collection Tate ⓘ
countryOfOrigin England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
creator John Everett Millais ⓘ
depicts English countryside ⓘ
Ophelia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ophelia (Shakespearean character)

buttercups ⓘ
crow flowers ⓘ
daisies ⓘ
drowning woman ⓘ
flowers ⓘ
forget-me-nots ⓘ
lush vegetation ⓘ
nettles ⓘ
poppies ⓘ
roses ⓘ
stream ⓘ
violets ⓘ
weeping willow branches ⓘ
willow tree ⓘ
genre Romanticism-influenced painting ⓘ
history painting ⓘ
literary painting ⓘ
hasPart dense foliage background ⓘ
figure of Ophelia ⓘ
floating flowers ⓘ
riverbank ⓘ
inception 1851 ⓘ
1852 ⓘ
languageOfWork none ⓘ
location Tate Britain ⓘ
mainSubject death of Ophelia ⓘ
nature ⓘ
tragedy ⓘ
materialUsed canvas ⓘ
oil paint ⓘ
movement Pre-Raphaelite art ⓘ
surface form: Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
movementAssociatedWith Victorian art ⓘ
notableFor detailed botanical accuracy ⓘ
faithful illustration of a Shakespearean scene ⓘ
highly finished surface ⓘ
vivid color palette ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ophelia → depicts → Ophelia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ophelia (Shakespearean character)
this entity surface form: Ophelia (painting)
Arthur Hughes → notableWork → Ophelia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ophelia (illustrations)
this entity surface form: Ophelia (painting by John Everett Millais)