Méphistophélès dans la taverne des étudiants (Mephistopheles in the students' tavern), Eugène Delacroix, 1827

Scene at auerbach's tavern; in the centre, sitting on a table with his legs jauntily crossed and holding a sword in his folded arms, mephistopheles addresses a group of men who are amazed by a fire burning on the floor, into which gushes wine issuing from the table, both magical tricks played on them by mephistopheles who is accompanied by faust; implements hang from a ceiling lamp. 1827 lithograph. Date: 1827. Dimensions: Height: 288 mm (image); Width: 225 mm (image). Medium: paper. Depicted People: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Collection: British Museum. Méphistophélès dans la taverne des étudiants (Mephistopheles in the students' tavern) (BM 1924,1014.7.8)