Mephistopheles Appearing to Faust, from Faust
Eugène Delacroix
1828
Medium
Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 26.2 × 21.5 cm (10 3/8 × 8 1/2 in.); Sheet: 42.7 × 28.6 cm (16 13/16 × 11 5/16 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
84489
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...