Macbeth Consulting the Witches

Cleveland Museum of Art

Macbeth Consulting the Witches

Eugène Delacroix

Date
1825
Medium
lithograph
Culture
France, 19th century
Department
Prints
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art

A master lithographer, Delacroix experimented with the technique. By covering the surface of the stone with rich, black lithographic crayon and then scratching out the design with a sharp tool, Delacroix heightened the diabolical effect of this night scene where sorcerers tend to their boiling cauldron.

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