Caption:
Goetz von Berlichingen Writing His Memoirs. Artist: After Eugène Delacroix (French, Charenton-Saint-Maurice 1798-1863 Paris). Dimensions: Block: 8 3/8 x 5 5/8 in. (21.3 x 14.3 cm)
Sheet: 9 x 6 1/8 in. (22.9 x 15.6 cm). Engraver: Andrew, Best, Leloir, Hotelin et Régnier. Series/Portfolio: Goethe, Goetz von Berlichingen, Act 4. Date: after 1845.
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.