Goetz von Berlichingen Writing his Memoirs

Eugène Delacroix

1836–43 · Lithograph on wove paper; second state of four · Drawings and Prints

The subject of 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 on wove paper; second state of four

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1926