Art, literature & history
Mephistopheles in the Air
1828
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- lithograph in black on chine collé
- 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.)
- Collection no.
- 1994.60.13
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- NGA Open Access — public domainLicense details
Eugène Delacroix. Mephistopheles in the Air. National Gallery of Art. NGA Open Access — public domain. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
Mephistopheles in the Air — Eugène Delacroix. 1828.
Medium: lithograph in black on chine collé.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): 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.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1994.60.13. Gift of Ruth B. Benedict.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.