Valentine's death, ca. 1835 – 1840

Title

Valentine's death

Draughtsman

• Ferdinand Fellner

Period Produced

• 19th century

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• graphite-clay mixture
• vellum paper

Technique

• pencil drawing

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

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

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Work Catalogues

• Schauz 1976.174.95

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
• Heinrich Faust
• Valentin

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Illustrated Passage

• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust, Nacht, Straße vor Gretchens Tür

Primary

• 83(GOETHE, Faust) (scenes from) specific works of literature: Goethe, Faust
• 82A(VALENTIN) Valentin
• 82A(FAUST) Faust
• 82A(MEPHISTOPHELES) Mephistopheles, name of the demonic tempter in the literary versions of the Faust legends
• 33B6 killing ~ aggressive relationships