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The Casket Scene from "The Merchant of Venice" (Opening of the Casket), c.1807 (oil on...

The Casket Scene from "The Merchant of Venice" (Opening of the Casket), c.1807 (oil on canvas)
Shakespeare-William-(1564-1616)
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Shakespeare-William-(1564-1616)
England
United-Kingdom
Europe
playwright
theatre
Venice
Italy
Veneto
interior
theatrical
romanticist
play
theatre
tragedy
narrative
casket
romantic
scene
merchant-of-venice
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drama
portia
shakespearean
bassanio
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The Casket Scene from "The Merchant of Venice" (Opening of the Casket), c.1807 (oil on canvas)

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Allston, Washington (1779-1843) / American

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Boston Athenaeum, USA

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oil on canvas

Date

c. 1807 AD (C19th AD)

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50.4x60.9 cms

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Illustrates Act III, Scene II from Shakespeare's "Merchant of Venice." An interior scene, classicizing architecture, table at left, large urn on floor at right, views to building and landscape through two large arched openings in background; Nine figures, left to right: young male enters from left with casket (small box), male figure (Bassanio) in tunic with feather cap rests hand on table, in profile facing viewer's right; male behind and next to him, frontal position; standing female making surprised gesture; behind and to her left, male figure glancing back over shoulder; foregrounded seated female figure (Portia) facing to viewer's left; three figures in background at right engaged in conversation with one another.

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© Boston Athenaeum / Bequest of John E. Allston, nephew of the artist, 1877 / Bridgeman Images

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