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Mephistopheles in the Air, Eugène Delacroix, 1828
Eugène Delacroix, portraitEugène DelacroixFrench, 1798–1863

Mephistopheles in the Air

1828 · Print

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Where is “Mephistopheles in the Air” now? Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Not on view at present. Checked September 29, 2026.

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

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Accession number
1994.60.13

What it shows

Literary and theatrical themesMagic/supernaturalism/occultismGoethe, Johann Wolfgang vonFaustDemonologyMephistopheles

In the catalog

PrintsLithographNeoclassicismRomanticism19th centuryFrench

Sources

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