Collection Online
Mephistopheles in the air

Mephistopheles in the air
(Méphistophélès dans les airs)
(1828)
plate 1 from Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, published by Charles Motte, Paris, 1828

Medium
lithograph

Measurements
28.0 × 24.1 cm irreg. (image) (oval) 30.6 × 24.1 cm irreg. (image and text) 38.5 × 27.2 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased through The Art Foundation of Victoria with the assistance of the National Gallery Women's Association, Governor, 1982

Gallery location
Not on display

Download

Artwork Details

Catalogue/s Raisonné
Delteil 58 ii/v

Edition
2nd of 5 states

Inscription
printed (diagonally) in ink l.c.l.: Delacroix invt (.. under t) et Lithog:
printed (diagonally) in ink l.c.r.: Lith: de Ch. Motte, Paris.
printed in ink l.c.: .......De temps en temps j'aime à voir le vieux Père, / Et je me garde bien de lui rompre en Visière.........

Accession Number
P42.2-1982

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest