The theme of Hamlet especially appealed to him because Shakespeare's hero was also tortured by the uncertainty of existence. The ground slopes away under a sky filled with blood-red clouds. Painted with tenuous brushstrokes, the figures' surroundings seem to share their restlessness, and a fantasylike atmosphere pervades the scene. D elacroix's career was studded with honors. He was elected to the Institut de France in 1857.
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