Mephistopheles receiving the schoolboy, Eugène Delacroix, 1827

In the foreground to right, mephistopheles, dressed in faust's clothes, is seated and talks to the student who, mistaking him for the doctor, holds his hat respectfully in both hands; at the back of the room, faust observes the scene, having emerged from behind a curtain (serving as a a screen), the edge of which he grasps; in the background, a laden shelf and the top of an arched doorway. 1827 lithograph. Date: 1827. Dimensions: Height: 261 mm (image); Width: 217 mm (image). Medium: paper. Depicted People: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Collection: British Museum. Méphistophélès recevant l'écolier (BM 1924,1014.7.7)