The Prelude to Goethe's "Faust" Performed on an Open-Air Stage

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The Prelude to Goethe's "Faust" Performed on an Open-Air Stage

1815 (published 1826)

Ferdinand Ruscheweyh (German, 1785–1846) After Peter von Cornelius (German, 1783–1867) Published by Johann Friedrich Wenner (German, 1772–1835) Dedicated by Peter von Cornelius (German, 1783–1867) , to Johann Wolfgang Goethe (German, 1749–1832)

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Object Details

Titles:

The Prelude to Goethe's "Faust" Performed on an Open-Air Stage
Dedication Plate from Bilder zu Goethes Faust, first edition (Frankfurt am Main: Johann Friedrich Wenner, 1826)

Date:

1815 (published 1826)

Artists:

Medium:

Etching and engraving

Dimensions:

Plate: 16 1/2 x 20 1/4 inches (41.9 x 51.4 cm) Sheet (left side folded): 21 1/4 x 25 5/8 inches (54 x 65.1 cm)

Classification:

Prints

Credit Line:

Acquired with the Muriel and Philip Berman Gift (by exchange) and with the gifts (by exchange) of Lisa Norris Elkins, Bryant W. Langston, Samuel S. White 3rd and Vera White, William Goldman, Herbert T. Church, R. Edward Ross, Jay Cooke, Carl Zigrosser, John Sheldon, the Charles M. Lea Collection, the William S. Pilling Collection, the Louis E. Stern Collection, the Print Club of Philadelphia Permanent Collection, and with funds contributed (by exchange) from John Howard McFadden, Jr. Thomas Skelton Harrison, and the Philip and A.S.W. Rosenbach Foundation and the Edgar Viguers Seeler Fund, 2008

Accession Number:

2008-97-2

Geography:

Published in Germany, Europe

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