Dedication to Goethe | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: G3486
People: Ferdinand Ruscheweyh, German (1785 - 1846)
After Peter Cornelius, German (1783 - 1867)
Title: Dedication to Goethe
Other Titles: Series/Book Title: Bilder zu Goethe's Faust
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1816
Places: Creation Place: Europe, Germany
Culture: German
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/279999

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Engraving on cream wove paper
Technique: Engraving
Dimensions: plate: 42.1 x 51.9 cm (16 9/16 x 20 7/16 in.)
sheet: 58.2 x 73.1 cm (22 15/16 x 28 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Francis Calley Gray, bequest to nephew, 1856.
William Gray, gift to Harvard University, 1857.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: Apell 20, Le Blanc 35

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number: G3486
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Part of a series of twelve engravings, including a title and a dedication page, illustrating Goethe’s Faust printed by Wenner in Frankfurt am Main, Germany in 1816. The twelve prints after Peter Cornelius, with eleven engravings by Ferdinand Ruscheweyh and one by Julius Caesar Thäter (see Apell 20).

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G3486: Dedication to Goethe