Faust Visiting Gretchen in Prison
PrintsGerman19th century

Faust Visiting Gretchen in Prison

1816

Artists

Ferdinand RuscheweyhArtist
Peter CorneliusArtist after

Description

Part of a series of twelve engravings, including a title and a dedication page, illustrating Goethe’s Faust printed by Wenner in Frankfurt am Main, Germany in 1816. The twelve prints after Peter Cornelius, with eleven engravings by Ferdinand Ruscheweyh and one by Julius Caesar Thäter (see Apell 20).

Classification
Prints
Technique
Engraving
Medium
Engraving on cream wove paper
Culture
German
Century
19th century
Division
European and American Art
Department
Department of Prints

Dimensions

plate: 39.3 x 50.2 cm (15 1/2 x 19 3/4 in.) sheet: 57.5 x 73.6 cm (22 5/8 x 29 in.)

Provenance

Francis Calley Gray, bequest to nephew, 1856. William Gray, gift to Harvard University, 1857.

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