Weislingen attacked by Goetz's Men

Eugène Delacroix

1836–43 · Lithograph; second state of two · Drawings and Prints

The subject for this print is based on a scene in Goethe's play (published in German in 1773; and French in 1823) that tells the story of the life of a German knight (1480-1562) who fought to regain the privileges of free knights, nullified by the emperor Maximilian I in 1495.

Artist

Eugène Delacroix

Date

1836–43

Medium

Lithograph; second state of two

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1931