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Faust et Méphistophélès galopant dans la nuit du sabbat
(Faust et Méphistophélès galopant dans la nuit du sabbat)
(1828)
plate 16 from Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, published by Charles Motte, Paris, 1828
Medium
lithograph
Measurements
21.0 × 29.2 cm irreg. (image) 23.6 × 29.2 cm irreg. (image and text) 27.2 × 31.5 cm irreg. (stonemark) 26.7 × 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
Delteit 73 ii
Edition
2nd state
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: — Que vois-je remuer autour de ce gibet?........ / .....ils vont et vieunent , ils se baissent et se relevent. / Meph: — C'est une assemblée de Sorciers. / Faust: — Ils sement et consacrent. / Meph:— En avant! en avant!
Accession Number
P42.17-1982
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 gallows hangings (executions) horse (species) horseback riding illustrations (layout features) literary characters men (male humans)
Movements
Romanticism (modern European styles)