Goethe Collection

Goethe / Window / Tischbein
JOHANN WOLFGANG von GOETHE German writer in Rome in 1787, looking out of the window in a relaxed mood

Schubert / Erlkonig-Goethe
Schuberts Erlkonig (Goethe)

Faust & Doubts / Goethe
Faust is tormented with doubts

Mephistopheles Prologue in the Sky, from Goethes Faust, 1828, (illustration)
XJF61648 Mephistopheles Prologue in the Sky, from Goethes Faust, 1828, (illustration), (b/w photo of lithograph) by Delacroix, Ferdinand Victor Eugene (1798-1863); Private Collection; French

Walpurghis Night (engraving) (b / w photo)
CHT276338 Walpurghis Night (engraving) (b/w photo) by German School, (17th century); Bibliotheque des Arts Decoratifs, Paris

Walpurghis Night, 1862 (oil on canvas)
XKH149527 Walpurghis Night, 1862 (oil on canvas) by Spangenberg, Gustav Adolph (1828-91); 124.7x190 cm; Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg

Goethe / Sorrows Werther
Werthers first sight of Charlotte (Lotte)

Faust opera by Charles Gounod (1818-1893), 1859
3916945 Faust opera by Charles Gounod (1818-1893), 1859; (add.info.: Faust opera by Charles Gounod (1818-1893), 1859. 'Projets D'Amour' (Projects of love)

Faust opera by Charles Gounod (1818-1893), 1859
3916947 Faust opera by Charles Gounod (1818-1893), 1859; (add.info.: Faust opera by Charles Gounod (1818-1893), 1859. 'I'Oracle' (the oracle)

The Sorrows of Young Werther, 1774. Werther surprises Charlotte surrounded by children
AIS5339051 The Sorrows of Young Werther, 1774. Werther surprises Charlotte surrounded by children. By Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832); Goethe National Museum, Weimar, Germany; © Iberfoto.

Johann Caspar Lavater, 1741-1801, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1749-1832, and Johann Bernhard Basedow, 1724-1790
UIG5414776 Johann Caspar Lavater, 1741-1801, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1749-1832, and Johann Bernhard Basedow, 1724-1790, at dinner in Koblenz, woodcut from 1864; UIG.

GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832). German humanist and writer. Etching
CUL4857472 GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832). German humanist and writer. Etching. by Unknown Artist; (add.info.: GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832). German humanist and writer

Leibig card illustrating a scene from Mignon, an opera comique by Ambroise Thomas. 1866 (chromolithograph)
5669267 Leibig card illustrating a scene from Mignon, an opera comique by Ambroise Thomas. 1866 (chromolithograph); (add.info.: The original French libretto was by Jules Barbier and Michel Carre)

Illustration depicting characters from Mignon, an opera comique by Ambroise Thomas. 1866 (painting)
5669266 Illustration depicting characters from Mignon, an opera comique by Ambroise Thomas. 1866 (painting); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Faust opera by Charles Gounod (1818-1893), 1859
3916950 Faust opera by Charles Gounod (1818-1893), 1859; (add.info.: Faust opera by Charles Gounod (1818-1893), 1859. 'Les regrets' (regrets), Faust in his study with Marguerite

Charlotte Buff, 1880 (engraving)
3730127 Charlotte Buff, 1880 (engraving); (add.info.: The character of Lotte, in Goethe's novel The Sorrows of Young Werther, woodcut from the year 1880.); Bildagentur-online/UIG.

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, 1749 - 1832. German Writer, Pictorial Artist, Biologist
UIG5420901 Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, 1749 - 1832. German Writer, Pictorial Artist, Biologist, Theoretical Physicist And Polymath. From The Maclise Portrait Gallery, Published 1898 ©UIG/Leemage.

Touristik / Tourism (colour litho)
8666321 Touristik / Tourism (colour litho) by German School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Touristik. Die Bergsteige-Touristik ist, abgesehen von Petrarkas Beispiel im 14 Jahrh)

Faust opera by Charles Gounod (1818-1893), 1859
3916942 Faust opera by Charles Gounod (1818-1893), 1859; (add.info.: Faust opera by Charles Gounod (1818-1893), 1859. 'Marguerite repousse le demon' (Marguerite cowers from the demon)

Faust opera by Charles Gounod (1818-1893), 1859
3916948 Faust opera by Charles Gounod (1818-1893), 1859; (add.info.: Faust opera by Charles Gounod (1818-1893), 1859. 'Les regrets' (regrets), Faust in his study with Marguerite

Scene of Goethe's Faust: Mephistopheles (Mephisto) tells about the death of her husband in Martha - Illustration by
XEE5027043 Scene of Goethe's Faust: Mephistopheles (Mephisto) tells about the death of her husband in Martha - Illustration by Friedrich Moritz August Retzsch (1779-1857) - Goethemuseum

Theory of Colours (Zur Farbenlehre), 1810. Creator: Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832)
Theory of Colours (Zur Farbenlehre), 1810. Private Collection

Theory of Colours (Zur Farbenlehre), 1810. Creator: Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832)
Theory of Colours (Zur Farbenlehre), 1810. Private Collection

Theory of Colours (Zur Farbenlehre), 1810. Creator: Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832)
Theory of Colours (Zur Farbenlehre), 1810. Private Collection

Theory of Colours (Zur Farbenlehre), 1810. Creator: Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832)
Theory of Colours (Zur Farbenlehre), 1810. Private Collection

Theory of Colours (Zur Farbenlehre), 1810. Creator: Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832)
Theory of Colours (Zur Farbenlehre), 1810. Private Collection

Theory of Colours (Zur Farbenlehre), 1810. Creator: Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832)
Theory of Colours (Zur Farbenlehre), 1810. Private Collection

Theory of Colours (Zur Farbenlehre), 1810. Creator: Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832)
Theory of Colours (Zur Farbenlehre), 1810. Private Collection

Theory of Colours (Zur Farbenlehre), 1810. Creator: Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832)
Theory of Colours (Zur Farbenlehre), 1810. Private Collection

Theory of Colours (Zur Farbenlehre), 1810. Creator: Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832)
Theory of Colours (Zur Farbenlehre), 1810. Private Collection

Theory of Colours (Zur Farbenlehre), 1810. Creator: Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832)
Theory of Colours (Zur Farbenlehre), 1810. Private Collection

Illustration for Das Leiden des jungen Werthers (The Sorrows Of Young Werther), by Goethe, 1844. Private Collection

Reading from Goethe's Werther, 1870. Creator: Amberg, Wilhelm August (1822-1899)
Reading from Goethe's Werther, 1870. Found in the collection of the Staatliche Museen, Berlin

Bettina von Arnim before the design of her Goethe monument, 1838. Creator: Grimm, Ludwig Emil (1790-1863)
Bettina von Arnim before the design of her Goethe monument, 1838. Private Collection

Theory of Colours (Zur Farbenlehre), 1810. Creator: Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832)
Theory of Colours (Zur Farbenlehre), 1810. Private Collection

Theory of Colours (Zur Farbenlehre), 1810. Creator: Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832)
Theory of Colours (Zur Farbenlehre), 1810. Private Collection

Illustration for Egmont by Goethe, 18th century (engraving)
3772257 Illustration for Egmont by Goethe, 18th century (engraving); (add.info.: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe illustration of a scene from his tragedy Egmont)

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - The God And The Bayadere
Poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - The God And The Bayadere (The Temple Dancer) - An Indian Legend. Date: circa 1925

The King of the woods, ca 1887. Artist: Klever, Juli Julievich (Julius), von (1850-1924)
The King of the woods, ca 1887. From a private collection

Faust, Wagner and Barbet, 1828 (1947). Artist: Eugene Delacroix
Faust, Wagner and Barbet, 1828 (1947). From The Art of the French Book, edited by Andre Lejard. [Paul Elek, London, 1947]

Statue of Goethe, Leipzig, Saxony, Germany

Goethe's garden house park river ilm - Ilmpark, Weimar, Unesco wold heritage Site, Thuringia, Germany

Germany, Hessen, Frankfurt-am-Main, Goethe House, Birthplace of writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Portrait Goethe German
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1749 - 1832. German poet, novelist, playwright, natural philosopher, diplomat and civil servant. After a contemporary print

GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832). German humanist and writer. The Sorrows of Young Werther (Die Leiden des jungen

Werther by Johann von Goethe
DIE LEIDEN DES JUNGEN WERTHERS - Werther by Johann von Goethe Date: First published: 1774

Weimar, Goethe Schiller Memorial
2840784 Weimar, Goethe Schiller Memorial by Rietschel, Ernst Friedrich August (1804-61); (add.info.: Trip around the world, travel, Germany, Thuringen, Thuringia, Weimar, 1920s, 20th century)

Bust of Johann Wolfgang Goethe, sculpted by David D'Angers in 1829
7277733 Bust of Johann Wolfgang Goethe, sculpted by David D Angers in 1829 by David d Angers, Pierre Jean (1788-1856); Heidelberg Castle, Germany; (add.info.: Bust of Johann Wolfgang Goethe)

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Goethe, the renowned German writer and polymath, left an indelible mark on literature and art. Through his works, he opened windows into the human soul, exploring themes of love, doubt, and existentialism. One of Goethe's close associates was Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein, a talented painter who captured his likeness in various portraits. These paintings provide glimpses into Goethe's world and reveal the depth of their friendship. Another artist influenced by Goethe was Franz Schubert. His haunting composition "Erlkönig" set to Goethe's poem tells a chilling tale of a father and son encountering supernatural forces in the night. In his magnum opus Faust, Goethe delves into profound philosophical questions while wrestling with doubts about life's purpose. The character Mephistopheles serves as both antagonist and catalyst for Faust's journey towards self-discovery. The iconic illustration "Mephistopheles Prologue in the Sky" from Faust captures the essence of this complex relationship between good and evil. It also explored mysticism through Walpurgis Night - an engraving that depicts witches gathering on April 30th to celebrate springtime rituals amidst moonlit ruins. Charlotte Buff played a significant role in shaping Goethe's early romantic experiences which inspired him to write The Sorrows of Young Werther – a novel that resonated deeply with readers across Europe. To honor his legacy, Leipzig erected a magnificent statue commemorating Goethe’s contributions to literature and culture. This statue stands tall as a testament to his enduring influence even today. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) remains one of Germany’s most celebrated literary figures whose words continue to inspire generations around the globe. Werther by Johann von Goethe is not just another tragic love story; it is an exploration of passion so intense that it can consume one's very existence. In the play Faust, adapted by W. G.