Faust and Mephistopheles in the Harz Mountains
Eugène Delacroix
1828
Medium
Lithograph in black on light gray China paper laid down on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 25 × 21 cm (9 7/8 × 8 5/16 in.); Sheet: 43.5 × 29 cm (17 3/16 × 11 7/16 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
7419
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...