Faust follows Mephistopheles as they ascend the Brocken on Walpurgisnacht, surrounded by sinister animals. Engraving by F. Ruscheweyh, 1813, after P. Cornelius, 1811.

  • Cornelius, Peter von, 1783-1867.
Date:
[between 1816 and 1818]
Reference:
2804685i
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About this work

Description

An episode in Faust by J.W. von Goethe

Publication/Creation

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

Physical description

1 print : engraving, with etching ; image 39.7 x 34.4 cm

Lettering

P.Cornelius gez. 1811. Ferd. Ruscheweyh gest. Rome 1813

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 2804685i

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