Art, literature & history
Mephistopheles Receiving the Student
1828
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 26 × 21.5 cm (10 1/4 × 8 1/2 in.); Sheet: 38 × 31 cm (15 × 12 1/4 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1930.1258
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Eugène Delacroix. Mephistopheles Receiving the Student. Art Institute of Chicago. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
Mephistopheles Receiving the Student — Eugène Delacroix. 1828.
Medium: Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper. Dimensions: Image: 26 × 21.5 cm (10 1/4 × 8 1/2 in.); Sheet: 38 × 31 cm (15 × 12 1/4 in.).
Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.