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Marguerite in the church with studies of the head of Mephistopheles
Creator
Eugène DelacroixFrench Artist · 1798–1863
All works by this person →Poet and art critic Charles Baudelaire described his hero Eugène Delacroix as "a volcanic crater artistically concealed beneath bouquets of flowers." Beneath the surface of Delacroix's polished elegance and charm roiled turbulent interior emotions. In 1822 Delacroix took the Salon by storm. Although the French artistic establishment considered him a wild man and a rebel, the French government, bou
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- 1826–1827
- Medium
- Gray wash and graphite with brush and brown and dark blue inks , on white laid paper; stumping and lifting
- Culture
- French
- Department
- Drawings
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- 9bce834f-d924-4329-9d09-9bf2eca0a1b2
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The drawing shows a woman, Marguerite, kneeling on a prie-dieu; on the right hand side are studies of a male portrait, Mephistopheles, and of a hand.
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