Faust transformed into a young man by a magic potion supplied by a witch at the behest of Mephistopheles. Engraving after M. Retzsch, ca. 1834.

An episode in Goethe's Faust, part 1, scene 8, lines 25XX-2586 ("Bist mit dem Teufel du und du, und willst dich vor der Flamme scheuen?" etc.) Faust, as a young man with a feathered hat and a cape, holds an elixir from which a flame rises up. He stands inside a circle of occult signs. Also standing in the circle are Mephistopheles and the witch. Around are various animals (ape, cat, goat, bat), monsters, and instruments of witchcraft