Faust und Gretchen, im Hintergrund Marthe und Mephisto, ca. 1835 – 1840

Title

Faust und Gretchen, im Hintergrund Marthe und Mephisto

Draughtsman

• Ferdinand Fellner

Period Produced

• 19th century

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• paper
• graphite-clay mixture

Technique

• pencil drawing

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• figure study
• costume study
• movement study
• composition study

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Work Catalogues

• Schauz 1976.172.81

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration
• literary representation

Persons Shown

• Heinrich Faust
• Gretchen
• Mephisto
• Marthe Schwerdtlein

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Illustrated Passage

• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust, Garten, 3073-3204

Primary

• 83(GOETHE, Faust) (scenes from) specific works of literature: Goethe, Faust
• 82A(FAUST) Faust
• 82AA(GRETCHEN) Gretchen
• 82A(MEPHISTOPHELES) Mephistopheles, name of the demonic tempter in the literary versions of the Faust legends
• 82AA(MARTHE) female literary characters (MARTHE)
• 41A6 garden