Mephistopheles in the Air, 1828

Not on View

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's "Faust" [Delteil 57-74]

lithograph in black on chine collé

sheet: 46.9 x 34 cm (18 7/16 x 13 3/8 in.)
image: 30.3 x 25.1 cm (11 15/16 x 9 7/8 in.)

Delteil, no. 58, State i/v

1994.60.13

Eugène Delacroix (artist) French, 1798 - 1863

by later hand, lower left in graphite: D 58 i/v; by later hand, lower center in graphite: [n?]uff; by later hand, center left verso in graphite: 3778

Henri Delacroix (stamp, HD, Lugt undescribed); Dr. Ruth B. Benedict (1913-1993), Washington; bequest to NGA, 1994.

Benedict, Ruth B., Dr.

1994: A Discerning Eye: Prints and Drawings Given by Ruth B. Benedict, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994, no. 56.

1906: Delteil, Loys. Le peintre-graveur illustre. 31 vols. Paris: Published by the author, 1906-1926. Reprint. New York: Collectors Editions, Da Capo Press, 1969. Vol. 30 (Albert Besnard) is by Louis Godefroy.

1994: A Discerning Eye: Prints and Drawings Given by Ruth B. Benedict. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: no. 56.