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Faust and Wagner
(Faust et Wagner)
(1828)
plate 3 from Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, published by Charles Motte, Paris, 1828
Medium
lithograph
Measurements
19.8 × 26.4 cm (image) 21.6 × 26.4 cm (image and text) 27.4 × 38.5 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
Artwork Details
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Delteil 60 iii/vii
Edition
3rd of 7 states
Inscription
printed in ink l.l.: Delacroix invt (.. under t) et Lithog:
printed in ink l.r.: Ch: Motte, Impr (.. under r) Editeur, à Paris.
printed in ink l.c.: Faust _ Heureux qui peut conserver l'espérance de surnager sur cet océan d'erreurs!....... / ..........l'esprit a beau deployer ses ailes, le corps, hélas ! n'en a point à y ajouter.
Accession Number
P42.4-1982
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
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Literary and Text
Subjects (specific)
assistants books illustrations (layout features) literary characters men (male humans) protagonists scholars seated figures
Movements
Romanticism (modern European styles)