Faust Visiting Gretchen in Prison, Ferdinand Ruscheweyh, 1816
Ruscheweyh, Ferdinand, portraitRuscheweyh, FerdinandGerman, 1785–1846

Faust Visiting Gretchen in Prison

1816 · Print

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Where is “Faust Visiting Gretchen in Prison” now? Collection: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge. Not on view at present. Checked September 29, 2026.

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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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