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Results for ""He smothers her": plate 13 from Othello"12 records

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Absalom Comforting Tamar by Heinrich Aldegrever, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Absalom Comforting Tamar

Heinrich Aldegrever (d. 1561)

1540 · Engraving; second state of two (New Hollstein)

Cleared · Public Domain

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Absalom Comforting Tamar, from "The Story of Amnon and Tamar" by Heinrich Aldegrever, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Absalom Comforting Tamar, from "The Story of Amnon and Tamar"

Heinrich Aldegrever (d. 1561)

1540 · Engraving; first state of two (New Hollstein)

Cleared · Public Domain

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Amnon Violating Tamar by Heinrich Aldegrever, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Amnon Violating Tamar

Heinrich Aldegrever (d. 1561)

1540 · Engraving; second state of two

Cleared · Public Domain

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Amnon Violating Tamar, from "The Story of Amnon and Tamar" by Heinrich Aldegrever, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Amnon Violating Tamar, from "The Story of Amnon and Tamar"

Heinrich Aldegrever (d. 1561)

1540 · Engraving; first state of two

Cleared · Public Domain

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Tamar Turned Out of Amnon's House by Heinrich Aldegrever, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Tamar Turned Out of Amnon's House

Heinrich Aldegrever (d. 1561)

1540 · Engraving; second state of two (New Hollstein)

Cleared · Public Domain

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Tamar Turned Out of Amnon's House, from "The Story of Amnon and Tamar" by Heinrich Aldegrever, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Tamar Turned Out of Amnon's House, from "The Story of Amnon and Tamar"

Heinrich Aldegrever (d. 1561)

1540 · Engraving; first state of two

Cleared · Public Domain

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Judgment of Solomon, plate 2 from "Thronus Justitiae, tredecim pulcherrimus tabulis..." by Willem van Swanenburg, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Judgment of Solomon, plate 2 from "Thronus Justitiae, tredecim pulcherrimus tabulis..."

Willem van Swanenburg (d. 1612)

1605–6 · Engraving

Cleared · Public Domain

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Cassio Bowing by Théodore Chassériau, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Cassio Bowing

Théodore Chassériau (d. 1856)

1852 · Black chalk

Cleared · Public Domain

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"Have you pray'd tonight, Dedesmona?": plate 12 from Othello (Act 5, Scene 2) by Théodore Chassériau, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

"Have you pray'd tonight, Dedesmona?": plate 12 from Othello (Act 5, Scene 2)

Théodore Chassériau (d. 1856)

etched 1844, reprinted 1900 · Etching, engraving, and roulette on chine collé; second edition (Gazette des Beaux-Arts, 1900)

Cleared · Public Domain

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"He smothers her": plate 13 from Othello (Act 5, Scene 2) by Théodore Chassériau, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

"He smothers her": plate 13 from Othello (Act 5, Scene 2)

Théodore Chassériau (d. 1856)

etched 1844, reprinted 1900 · Etching and engraving on chine collé; second edition (Gazette des Beaux-Arts)

Cleared · Public Domain

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"Honest Iago, my Desdemona must I leave to thee": plate 4 from Othello (Act 1, Scene 3) by Théodore Chassériau, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

"Honest Iago, my Desdemona must I leave to thee": plate 4 from Othello (Act 1, Scene 3)

Théodore Chassériau (d. 1856)

etched 1844, reprinted 1900 · Etching, engraving, roulette, and drypoint on chine collé; second edition (Gazette des Beaux-Arts)

Cleared · Public Domain

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"Oh! Oh! Oh!": plate 14 from Othello (Act 5, Scene 2) by Théodore Chassériau, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

"Oh! Oh! Oh!": plate 14 from Othello (Act 5, Scene 2)

Théodore Chassériau (d. 1856)

etched 1844, reprinted 1900 · Etching, engraving, and roulette on chine collé; second edition (Gazette des Beaux-Arts)

Cleared · Public Domain

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