Mephistopheles and Faust Fleeing after the Duel
Eugène Delacroix
1828
Medium
Lithograph in black on white China paper laid down on white wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 26.5 × 22.5 cm (10 7/16 × 8 7/8 in.); Sheet: 32.5 × 24.2 cm (12 13/16 × 9 9/16 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
21032
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...