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Ford Madox Brown — Cordelia at the Bedside of Lear
Ford Madox Brown

Cordelia at the Bedside of Lear

Ford Madox Brown's emotional depiction of Cordelia attending to her father King Lear, executed in oil on board with an arched top. The work captures a poignant moment from Shakespeare's tragedy with Pre-Raphaelite sensibility.

Medium
oil on board, arched top

🔨 Auction Lot

European & British Art, Part I

July 13, 2022

Estimate: $20,000$30,000

Lot 32

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Ford Madox Brown, Cordelia at the Bedside of Lear

Ford Madox Brown's emotional depiction of Cordelia attending to her father King Lear, executed in oil on board with an arched top. The work captures a poignant moment from Shakespeare's tragedy with Pre-Raphaelite sensibility.

Medium
oil on board, arched top
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

King Lear, Pre-Raphaelite, Literary Adaptation, Historic Narrative, Oil on Board, Shakespeare, Emotional Drama

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Collected by

Cleveland Museum of Art, Harvard Art Museums