King Lear Weeping Over the Body of Cordelia (Shakespeare, King Lear, Act 5, Scene 3). Artist: After James Barry (Irish, Cork 1741-1806 London). Dimensions: Plate: 19 7/16 × 24 11/16 in. (49.4 × 62.7 cm)Sheet: 20 3/8 in. × 26 in. (51.7 × 66 cm). Engraver: Francis Legat (British, Edinburgh 1755-1809 London). Publisher: John & Josiah Boydell (British, 1786-1804). Series/Portfolio: Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery. Subject: William Shakespeare (British, Stratford-upon-Avon 1564-1616 Stratford-upon-Avon). Date: August 1, 1792.Legat's print reproduces Barry's tragic representation of King Lear mourning his daughter, the original nine by twelve foot canvas painted for Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery in 1786-7, now at Tate Britain. Four years residence in Rome two decades earlier gave the artist a deep admiration for Italian art, and his heroically scaled king recalls Michelangelo's Prophet Jeremiah from the Sistine Ceiling, while Kent's elegantly muscled form echoes Parmigianino. The setting inclu

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King Lear Weeping Over the Body of Cordelia (Shakespeare, King Lear, Act 5, Scene 3). Artist: After James Barry (Irish, Cork 1741-1806 London). Dimensions: Plate: 19 7/16 × 24 11/16 in. (49.4 × 62.7 cm)Sheet: 20 3/8 in. × 26 in. (51.7 × 66 cm). Engraver: Francis Legat (British, Edinburgh 1755-1809 London). Publisher: John & Josiah Boydell (British, 1786-1804). Series/Portfolio: Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery. Subject: William Shakespeare (British, Stratford-upon-Avon 1564-1616 Stratford-upon-Avon). Date: August 1, 1792.Legat's print reproduces Barry's tragic representation of King Lear mourning his daughter, the original nine by twelve foot canvas painted for Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery in 1786-7, now at Tate Britain. Four years residence in Rome two decades earlier gave the artist a deep admiration for Italian art, and his heroically scaled king recalls Michelangelo's Prophet Jeremiah from the Sistine Ceiling, while Kent's elegantly muscled form echoes Parmigianino. The setting inclu

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