Faust Trying to Seduce Marguerite (Goethe, Faust) 1825 - 1827

This lithograph, "Faust Trying to Seduce Marguerite (Goethe, Faust)," by Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863) depicts a pivotal scene from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s renowned play, "Faust." The dramatic composition captures the moment when Faust, aided by the devil Mephistopheles, attempts to win over the innocent Marguerite. The artwork, created between 1825 and 1827, showcases Delacroix’s masterful use of light and shadow to evoke the emotional intensity of the scene, highlighting the conflict between good and evil as well as the allure of temptation. Now housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, this lithograph exemplifies Delacroix's penchant for Romanticism and his skill in translating literary themes into powerful visual narratives.