Tag: Faust

Charles Gounod

(1818–1893) Charles-François Gounod Works: • Faust (1859) • Mireille (1864) • Roméo et Juliette (1867) • Inno e Marcia Pontificale (1869) • Marche funèbre d’une marionnette (1872) • Petite Symphonie (1885) • La Reine de Saba (1862) Gounod in Art:…

Lady Lilith (c.1866)

Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Lady Lilith c.1866 Chalk on paper, 62 x 57 cm Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv Compare: Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Lady Lilith 1867 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York     See also: • Cornforth, Fanny (1835-1909) | Goethe,…

Faust (c.1652)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Faust c.1652 Etching, drypoint, and engraving, 20.8 × 16.03 cm Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee Compare: Rembrandt (1606-1669) A Scholar in His Study c.1652 Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia    

Méphistophélès chez Marthe (19th century)

Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Méphistophélès chez Marthe (Mephistopheles at Martha’s House, from Goethe’s Faust) 19th Century Lithograph on paper, 45.6 x 29.6 cm Worcester Art Museum, Worcester See also: • Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832)

Faust et Méphistophélès (1827-1828)

Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Faust et Méphistophélès (Faust and Mephistopheles) 1827–1828 Oil on canvas, 45.5 x 37.7 cm Wallace Collection, London See also: • Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832)

Lady Lilith (1867)

Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Lady Lilith 1867 Watercolor and gouache, 51.3 x 44 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Fascinated by women’s physical allure, Rossetti here imagines a legendary femme fatale as a self-absorbed nineteenth-century beauty who combs her hair…

A Scholar in His Study (c.1652)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) A Scholar in His Study (‘Faust’) c.1652 Etching, engraving and drypoint, 20.9 x 16 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia Compare: Rembrandt (1606-1669) Faust c.1652 Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee    

Jeune femme en costume du XVIe siècle

Tissot, James (1836-1902) Jeune femme en costume du XVIe siècle (Young woman in 16th century costume) s.d. Pencil, red chalk, watercolor, 23.6 x 13.2 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Study for the painting kept in the Harrington Collection (Indianapolis), inspired by Goethe‘s…

Christopher Marlowe

(1564–1593) Works: • Accurs’d be he that first invented war! (English) • Edward the Second (English) • Hero and Leander and Other Poems (English) • Hero and Leander and Other Poems (Latin) • I Must Have Wanton Poets (English) •…

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

(1749–1832) Works: • Autobiography: Truth and Fiction Relating to My Life (English) • Belagerung von Mainz (German) • Βέρθερος (Greek) • Briefe aus der Schweiz (German) • Briefe Schillers und Goethes an A. W. Schlegel (German) • Briefe von Goethe…