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This oil painting on canvas is 49.5 inches x 30.7 inches. It was originally painted in 1870 by a French painter, named Pierre Auguste Cot. He is mostly known for his portraits, and died at the age of 46 in 1883.
The painting itself, pictures Ophelia reading a book ( this painting is also referred to as "Pause for a Thought"), the fictional character in "Hamlet" who's death remains one of the most poetic in literature. If you don't know who Ophelia is, here comes a major spoiler alert: she is a beautiful maiden, whom Hamlet is in love with. She goes a little crazy after her dad is killed and she falls from a tree and drowns. Hamlet and another guy in the story end up fighting each other over who loved Ophelia more.
Shakespeare, you so crazy
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