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Goethe's Faust

1828
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Goethe's Faust
  • Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (German, Frankfurt am Main 1749–1832 Weimar, Saxe-Weimar)
  • Artist: Eugène Delacroix (French, Charenton-Saint-Maurice 1798–1863 Paris)
  • Artist: Achille-Jacques-Jean-Marie Devéria (French, Paris 1800–1857 Paris)
  • Publisher: Charles Motte (French, 1784–1836)
  • Date: 1828
  • Medium: Lithograph; first, second, and third states
  • Dimensions: 15 1/2 × 11 13/16 × 1 3/16 in. (39.4 × 30 × 3 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Gift from the Karen B. Cohen Collection of Eugène Delacroix, 2024
  • Object Number: 2024.591.94
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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