The Metropolitan Museum of Art · The American Wing
"King Lear," Act I, Scene I
Edwin Austin Abbey
- Date
- 1898
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 54 1/4 x 127 1/4 in. (137.8 x 323.2 cm)
- Object type
- Painting
- Culture
- American
- Object number
- 13.140
- Credit line
- Gift of George A. Hearn, 1913
- Gallery
- 766
Artist information
American, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1852–1911 London
Subjects and terms
- King Lear
- Shakespeare
- Kings
- Men
- Women
- Dogs
The Met object ID 10049. The source CSV marks this record public domain, the official API identifies it as image-bearing, and the image was reverified as public domain before this page rendered.