Mephistopheles in the Air

1828

Eugène Delacroix

Artist, French, 1798 - 1863

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on chine collé

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth B. Benedict

  • Dimensions

    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.)

  • Accession

    1994.60.13

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Delteil, no. 58, State i/v

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1994

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

Bibliography

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.

Inscriptions

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

Wikidata ID

Q75121457

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