Henri Gabriel IbelsFrench, 1867–1936Mounet-Sully dans Hamlet
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Where is “Mounet-Sully dans Hamlet” now? Collection: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge. Not on view at present. Checked October 12, 2026.
Cambridge, United States
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About the work
Henri-Gabriel Ibels was a contemporary of Toulouse-Lautrec with whom he shared a medium, lithography, and a demi-monde. They co-illustrated a portfolio in 1893 showing the Parisian underworld, Le Café-concert. This lithograph does not come from this series, although its format is quite similar. The sheet shows the famous actor Jean Mounet-Sully as Hamlet, musing over Yorick's skull. Mounet-Sully first played the part at the Comedie Francaise in 1886-Mallarmé saw him in the part in October of that year. He performed it at least 200 times, and starred in a silent film version of it in 1909.
Harvard Art Museums
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- 2007.36
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- Image: Harvard Art Museums — © President and Fellows of Harvard College
