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Mephistopheles and Faust fleeing after the duel

Mephistopheles and Faust fleeing after the duel
(Méphistophélès et Faust fuyant après le duel)
(1828)
plate 12 from Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, published by Charles Motte, Paris, 1828

Medium
lithograph
Measurements
26.5 × 22.2 cm irreg. (image) 28.0 × 22.2 cm irreg. (image and text) 38.5 × 27.2 cm (sheet)
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Delteil 69 iii/vii
Edition
3rd of 7 states
Inscription
printed in ink l.l.: Delacroix invt (.. under t) et Lithog:
printed in ink l.c.l.: Meph:_ Il nous faut gagner promptement au large.
printed in ink l.r.: Ch: Motte, Impr (.. under r) Editeur, a Paris.
Accession Number
P42.13-1982
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)
deaths demons duels flight (escaping) illustrations (layout features) literary characters men (male humans) swords
Movements
Romanticism (modern European styles)