DELACROIX, Eugène
(b. 1798, Charenton-Saint-Maurice, d. 1863, Paris)

Illustration for Goethe's Faust

1825-27
Pencil on beige paper, 225 x 295 mm
Musée du Louvre, Paris

The scene of Faust and Mephisto Gallop through the Night of the Witches' Sabbath is an illustration for Goethe's Faust, Verse 4399-4404. In this work everything is movement and expression.

Suggested listening (streaming mp3, 14 minutes):
Charles Gounod: Faust, Ballet music