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Faust in the prison with Marguerite
(Faust dans la Prison de Marguerite)
(1828)
plate 17 from Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, published by Charles Motte, Paris, 1828
Medium
lithograph
Measurements
25.3 × 22.0 cm irreg. (image) 27.5 × 22.0 cm irreg. (image and text) 38.6 × 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 74 ii
Edition
2nd of 7 states
Inscription
printed in ink l.l.: Delacroix invt (. under t) et Lithog·
printed in ink l.r.: Ch. Motte, Imp (...illeg.) Editeur, a Paris.
printed in ink l.c.: Faust. _ Reviens à toi! un seul pas et tu es libre... / Meph: _ ......... Que de paroles mutiles! que de delais et d'incertitudes! / mes chevaux frissonnent: l'aube blanchit l'horizon.
Accession Number
P42.18-1982
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) literary characters men (male humans) prison cells prisoners seductions women (female humans)
Movements
Romanticism (modern European styles)