Faust and Mephistopheles in the Hartz Mountains (Goethe, Faust)
Eugène Delacroix
1825–27
Medium
Lithograph; seventh state of seven
Dimensions
Sheet: 19 1/4 x 12 9/16 in. (48.9 x 31.9 cm) Image: 9 3/4 × 8 1/4 in. (24.8 × 21 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of David J. Impastato, 1962
Accession Number
62.617.1
Tags
MenSnakesMountains
About the Artist
Eugène Delacroix · 1798–1863
Eugène Delacroix (1798–1863) stands as the defining figure of French Romanticism and a pivotal bridge to modernism. Born in Charenton-Saint-Maurice near Paris, he came from distinguished lineage—his mother descended from the prestigious Oeben-Riesener furniture dynasty, while persistent speculation suggested the statesman Talleyrand may have been his biological father, a theory supported by physic...