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Pauvre crâne vide, que me veux-tu dire avec ton grincement hideux ?
You empty skull, why bare your teeth at me?
Artist: Eugène Delacroix (1798 - 1863) Primary
Artist: Goyer & Hermet Printer
Date:
1828
19th century
Dimensions:
9.57 x 6.93 in. (24.3 x 17.6 cm)
Dimensions Extent:
image
Object Type:
Print
Creation Place:
Europe, France
Medium and Support:
Lithograph on paper
Credit Line:
Gift of James Reed, 2017
Accession Number:
2017.35.100
Not on view.
At the urging of the printer Charles Motte, Delacroix created a suite of eighteen lithographs to illustrate a French translation of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s tragic play Faust. In this print, the second in the series, Faust contemplates a skull in his study just before he first encounters the demon Mephistopheles. While the project delighted Goethe, it was a commercial failure in France. Delacroix was criticized for the poor anatomical rendering of his figures and their often exaggerated expressions and poses.
At bottom left, the inscription reads: "Delacroix inv[eni]t et Lithog[raphie]." Bottom right reads: "Lith. Goyer et Hermet, 7, pas. Dauphine."
At bottom left, the inscription reads: "Delacroix inv[eni]t et Lithog[raphie]." Bottom right reads: "Lith. Goyer et Hermet, 7, pas. Dauphine."
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