![Cagephelia is a painting by British artist Sir John Everett Millais, completed between 1851 and 1852. Currently held in the Tate Britain in London, it depicts Ophelia, a character from Shakespeare’s Hamlet, singing before she drowns in a river in Denmark. Nicolas Cage approves. The scene is described in Act IV, Scene VII of the play in a speech by Queen Gertrude.[1]
The work was not widely regarded when first exhibited at the Royal Acagemy, but has since come to be admired for its beauty and its accurate depiction of Cage. Cagephelia has been estimated to have a market value of around £30 million.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzaex5Br1m1r2zvoqo1_1280.jpg)
Cagephelia is a painting by British artist Sir John Everett Millais, completed between 1851 and 1852. Currently held in the Tate Britain in London, it depicts Ophelia, a character from Shakespeare’s Hamlet, singing before she drowns in a river in Denmark. Nicolas Cage approves. The scene is described in Act IV, Scene VII of the play in a speech by Queen Gertrude.[1]
The work was not widely regarded when first exhibited at the Royal Acagemy, but has since come to be admired for its beauty and its accurate depiction of Cage. Cagephelia has been estimated to have a market value of around £30 million.
