3617987 Hamlet and His Mother, 1849 (oil on canvas) by Delacroix, Ferdinand Victor Eugene (1798-1863); 27.3 x 18.1 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; (add.info.: In Shakespeare??? epic tragedy Hamlet speaking privately with his mother, Queen Gertrude of Denmark, notices a figure behind the curtains of her closet. Immediately afterward, Hamlet will impale the hidden Polonius with his sword, and utter the memorable phrase "How now! A rat? Dead for a ducat, dead!" ); French, out of copyright.