Mephistopheles Flying, from Faust
Eugène Delacroix
1828
Medium
Lithograph in black on white wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 28 × 23.9 cm (11 1/16 × 9 7/16 in.); Sheet: 42.7 × 28.3 cm (16 13/16 × 11 3/16 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
84485
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...