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Faust and Mephistopheles in the Harz Mountains
(Faust et Méphistophélès dans les Montagnes du Hartz)
(1828)
plate 14 from Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, published by Charles Motte, Paris, 1828
Medium
lithograph
Measurements
24.5 × 21.1 cm irreg. (image) 26.9 × 21.1 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
Artwork Details
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Delteil 71 iii
Edition
3rd state
Inscription
printed in ink l.l.: Delacrix invt (.. under t) et Lithog:
printed in ink l.r.: Ch: Motte, Impr (" under r) Editeur, a Paris.
printed in ink l.c.: Meph: _ Nous sommes encore loin du terme de notre course.
Accession Number
P42.15-1982
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 Religion and Mythology
Subjects (specific)
demons illustrations (layout features) legendary beings literary characters men (male humans) mountains protagonists snake (suborder)
Movements
Romanticism (modern European styles)