Studies of Mephistopheles, ca. 1835

Title

Studies of Mephistopheles

Draughtsman

• Ferdinand Fellner

Verso

Mephisto bei Gretchen im Zimmer

Production Place

• Stuttgart?

Period Produced

• 19th century

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• graphite-clay mixture
• vellum paper

Technique

• pencil drawing

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• figure study
• movement study

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Verso bezeichnet oben mittig (mit der Feder in Schwarzbraun): [unleserlich]; rechts: [unleserlich]

Captions Added Later

Unten mittig Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts (Lugt 2356), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Work Catalogues

• Schauz 1976.172.80

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

• Mephisto

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Illustrated Passage

• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust, Der Nachbarin Haus, 2864-3024

Primary

• 83(GOETHE, Faust) (scenes from) specific works of literature: Goethe, Faust
• 82A(MEPHISTOPHELES) Mephistopheles, name of the demonic tempter in the literary versions of the Faust legends