Mephisto from the Opera Faust

Provenance

Mrs. Lillian Del Chicca (Mrs. Silvio Del Chicca), Chicago by 1981 [according to Richard Brettell’s letter to Mrs. Lillian Del Chicca, dated February 9, 1981, in curatorial file]; Sale, Sotheby’s, New York, May 27, 1982, lot 126, as Mephistopheles; Mr. and Mrs. Silvio Del Chicca; given to the Art Institute, 1984.

Mephisto from the Opera Faust

Adolphe Joseph Thomas Monticelli

1870–86

Accession Number

103391

Medium

Oil on panel

Dimensions

38.5 × 26.2 cm (15 1/8 × 10 5/16 in.); Framed: 59.1 × 46.4 × 6.4 cm (23 1/4 × 18 1/4 × 2 1/2 in.)

Classification

oil on panel

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Silvio Del Chicca