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Exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1827–1828. The subject is taken from Goethe’s 'Faust' I (1808). Faust, in a black gown and red hose, is confronted for the first time by the demon Mephistopheles disguised as a travelling scholar. The painting is probably later than the lithograph of the same subject produced as part of a series of illustrations to Faust which Delacroix began in 1825. There are two drawings of the composition, probably preparatory studies for the lithograph, in the Houghton Library, Harvard University, and the Pierpont Morgan Library (Thaw Collection), New York.

The Wallace Collection

London

Title

Faust and Mephistopheles

Date

1827–1828

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 45.5 x W 37.7 cm

Accession number

P324

Acquisition method

acquired by Richard Seymour-Conway, 4th Marquess of Hertford, 1869; bequeathed to the nation by Lady Wallace, 1897

Work type

Painting

The Wallace Collection

Hertford House, Manchester Square, London, Greater London W1U 3BN England

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Artist or maker

Eugène Delacroix

1798–1863

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