Florizel and Perdita
by 1887
- Medium
- oil on canvas mounted on fiberboard
- Dimensions
- 31.1 × 18.4 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-131053
Albert Pinkham Ryder painted several images based on plays by William Shakespeare. His favorite play was The Winter’s Tale, and this small image shows the characters Prince Florizel and the shepherd girl Perdita, who he was forbidden to marry. They discovered that Perdita was actually the banished daughter of a king, however, and the lovers were reunited. Ryder never married and constantly mourne…
Provenance
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly
Registry history
- by 1887 — Recorded in the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum
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