Faust, accompanied by Mephistopheles, sees Margaret (Gretchen) for the first time. Engraving by F. Ruscheweyh, 1814, after P. Cornelius, 1811.

  • Cornelius, Peter von, 1783-1867.
Date:
[between 1816 and 1818]
Reference:
2804683i
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Description

An episode in Faust by J.W. von Goethe. Faust follows Gretchen across the square as she leaves church. Right, Mephistopheles stands at the church door. The streets are made of granite setts

Publication/Creation

[Frankfurt am Main?] : [Johann Friedrich Wenner?], [between 1816 and 1818]

Physical description

1 print : engraving, with etching ; image 37.3 x 38.3 cm

Contributors

Lettering

P.Cornelius del. 1811. Ferd. Ruscheweyh sc. Romae 1814

Creator/production credits

"Cornelius's 'Faust' illustrations are perhaps his masterpiece, and rival Delacroix's famous lithographs of 1825-8. The drawings show an astonishing strength in characterisation and dramatic force, and Ruscheweyh's engravings do them full justice."--Griffiths and Carey, loc. cit. The drawings and the engraved plates were both made in Rome

References note

Antony Griffiths and Frances Carey, German printmaking in the age of Goethe, London 1994, no. 117

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2804683i

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