Mephistopheles and Faust fleeing after the duel, Eugène Delacroix, 1828

In the foreground, faust and mephistopheles run down a short flight of steps in the street at night, fleeing the scene of the duel in which valentine, marguerite's (gretchen's) brother, was killed; faust replaces his sword in its scabbard while mephistopheles holds his own sword under one arm, and grasps his companion with the other, while turning to look back at valentine on the ground attended by three figures. Proof with certificate of tirage, 3rd state (of 7). 1827 lithograph before erasure of publisher's address. Date: 1828. Dimensions: Height: 263 mm (image); Width: 220 mm (image). Medium: paper. Depicted People: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Collection: British Museum. Mephistophélès et Faust fuyant après le duel (BM 1995,0618.2)