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Faust et Méphistophélès galopant dans la nuit du sabbat

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

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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

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