Eugène Delacroix and François le Villain
Mephistopheles Airborne
1825-1836
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Crayon lithograph with scraping, Sheet: 351 x 277 mm. (13 13/16 x 10 7/8 in.)
Image: 284 x 240 mm. (11 3/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number
1996.48.4919
From the book "Faust, Tragédie de M. de Goethe." Strauber notes that the Villain edition was issued "probably sometime after Motte's death in 1837." See Loys Delteil, Delacroix, the graphic work: a catalogue raisonné, translated and revised by Susan Strauber (San Francisco: Alan Wofsy, 1997), p. xii.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art,
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
Loys Delteil, Delacroix, the graphic work: a catalogue raisonné, translated and revised by Susan Strauber (San Francisco: Alan Wofsy, 1997), p. 150, #58.
Inscribed: Inscribed in stone: lower left "Delacroix invt. et Lithog."; lower center ".......De temps en temps j'aime à voir le vieux Père, / Et je me garde bien de lui rompre en Visière.........."; lower right "Lith. de Villain."
Markings: Collector's stamp: verso "M.I. / LUCAS / COLLECTION" (Lugt 1695c)
