Faust, Mephistopheles and the Poodle, from Faust
1828
Medium
Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper laid down on white wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 23.8 × 20.9 cm (9 3/8 × 8 1/4 in.); Primary supprt: 30.7 × 24.7 cm (12 1/8 × 9 3/4 in.); Secondary support: 42.5 × 28.4 cm (16 3/4 × 11 3/16 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
84488
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...