Eugène Delacroix
(France 1798–1863)
- Title
- Mephistopheles in the tavern
- Year
- 1828
- Media category
- Materials used
- lithograph
- Edition
- ii of 7 states
- Dimensions
-
41.4 x 27.7cm sheet
- Signature & date
- Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1989
- Accession number
- 44.1989
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
One of a series of illustrations by Delacroix for a French translation of Goethe’s ‘Faust’. The scene is Auerbach’s tavern. Mephistopheles is seen sitting on a table and addressing a group of men who are amazed by a fire burning on the floor. Wine from the table gushes into the fire – a magical trick played on the men by Mephistopheles.
- Bibliography (1)
-
Nicholas Draffin (Australia, b.1943, d.1995) (Author), Citizen Artist - Daumier and his time, Domain, 1991, 12. no catalogue numbers
- Exhibition history (1)
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Citizen Artist - Daumier and his time, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 02 Nov 1990–27 Jan 1991.
