# Othello and Desdemona

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## Artwork

- Artist: [COLIN, Alexandre-Marie](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/colin-alexandre-marie-r7b92a5cd92cada>)
- Date: 1801-1850
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 51 x 61 cm

## Commentary

Colin may first have become interested in depicting Shakespearean subjects when he visited London in 1824 in the company of Delacroix and Bonington. The Othello and Desdemona is a bravura work, faithful to the text, and full of energy and colour.

## Related artworks

- [La Belle Orientale](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/colin-alexandre-marie-r7b92a5cd92cada/la-belle-orientale-rd287f9d3d8ac0e>)

## Attribution

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