Study Sheet for ’’Faust’’
ca 1825-1826
Delacroix was absolutely obsessed with Goethe’s *Faust* after reading a translation in 1825, and this chaotic sketch sheet captures his manic creative energy. Bold brown ink washes define the main characters—likely Mephistopheles gesturing wildly and a stoic Faust—while faint pencil scribbles explore dancing figures and floating heads in the margins. It’s like looking over the shoulder of a director storyboarding a movie, revealing the raw, Romantic spirit behind his famous lithograph series.
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