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Mephistopheles in the Tavern of the Students
The devil pours, and wine turns to fire on the tavern floor.
What
A lithograph for Goethe’s Faust: Mephistopheles stands among the drinking students while flame leaps up from the spilled drink at their feet.
Why
One of Delacroix’s 1828 illustrations to the French Faust; the Cleveland Museum of Art holds it (1933.145.8), CC0.
Notice
The fire on the floor lights every face from below.
“Some rounds are bought by the wrong stranger.”
Format
The full-resolution, colour-managed file — yours to print and keep. Editions ship with their certificate.
Sized to protect print quality — this source supports sizes up to 18x24" cleanly.
Size
$39.00
Honesty
ReproductionA faithful reproduction of a public-domain work. Source: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1933.145.8.
- Kind
- reproduction
- Artist
- Eugène Delacroix
- Era
- Paris, 1828
- Source
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (source published 1930 or earlier). Cleared by open-access-registrar on 2026-11-01. Licence tag cc-zero, read on the Wikimedia Commons file record on 2026-11-01. Held by The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1933.145.8.
