Ophelia

Coetzee, Christo

dc.contributor.author	Coetzee, Christo
dc.date.accessioned	2016-07-08T06:26:30Z
dc.date.available	2016-07-08T06:26:30Z
dc.date.created	1986
dc.date.issued	2011
dc.description	Apparently, this portrait of a young Spanish girl was considered to be one of Coetzee's prized possessions. It depicts the fictional character Ophelia from the Shakespearian play, Hamlet. Flowers were always iconographic of artistic portrayals of Ophelia and Coetzee brought his own interpretation to this classic theme by painting flowers in her hair rather than having her hold a bouquet. A Spanish Conde or Nobleman once offered to buy this painting for a vast sum of money, but Coetzee refused.	en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorship	University of Pretoria Museum Winter Exhibition	en_ZA
dc.format.extent	2160 mm x 1830 mm	en_ZA
dc.format.medium	Oil on canvas	en_ZA
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2263/54448
dc.publisher	Department of the University of Pretoria Art	en_ZA
dc.relation.ispartofseries	UP-Art : paintings, drawings and sculptures	en_ZA
dc.relation.ispartofseries	610966	en_ZA
dc.rights	Copyright of the electronic version, University of Pretoria.	en_ZA
dc.subject	Portrait, painting	en_ZA
dc.title	Ophelia	en_ZA
dc.type	Image	en_ZA