Mephisto Appears to Faust
Eugène Delacroix
1776 to 1800
Medium
lithograph on wove paper
Dimensions
stone: 26 x 21 cm (10 1/4 x 8 1/4 in.) sheet: 47.8 x 31.2 cm (18 13/16 x 12 5/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Frank Anderson Trapp
Accession Number
2004.128.14
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...