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Mephistopheles receiving the student

Mephistopheles receiving the student
(Méphistophélès recevant l'Ecolier)
 1828
plate 6 from Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, published by Charles Motte, Paris, 1828

Medium
lithograph
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

Medium
lithograph
Measurements
26.0 × 21.4 cm (image) 30.6 × 24.2 cm (stonemark) 38.4 × 27.2 cm (support)
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Delteil 63 ii
Edition
2nd state
Inscription
printed in ink below image l.l.: Delacroix invt (t in superscript above . ) et lithog:
printed in ink below image l.r.: Ch. Motte, Impr (r in superscript above . ) Editeur, à Paris
printed in ink below image l.c.: Meph: Ce que vous avez de mieux à faire, c'est de jurer sur la parole du maitre... / ...tenez vous en aux mots: vous êtes sur d'entrer par la grande porte au temple de la vérité.
Accession Number
P42.7-1982
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Literary and Text Religion and Mythology
Subjects (specific)
demons illustrations (layout features) legendary beings literary characters men (male humans) scholars students
Movements
Romanticism (modern European styles)

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