Alchemist, astrologer and magician of the German Renaissance

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Johannes Faust. Etching after Rembrandt.

Johannes Faust. Line engraving.

Johannes Faust. Etching after Rembrandt, 1651/1652.

W.E. Gladstone as Dr. Faustus making a pact with Mephistopheles in order to satisfy his political ambitions. Lithograph by J.M Rogier, 12 December 1885.

Faust and Marguerite in the garden walking hand-in-hand. Engraving by A. Blanchard III, 1853, after A. Scheffer, 1846.

Faust follows Mephistopheles as they ascend the Brocken on Walpurgisnacht, surrounded by sinister animals. Engraving by F. Ruscheweyh, 1813, after P. Cornelius, 1811.

Faust transformed into a young man by a magic potion supplied by a witch at the behest of Mephistopheles. Coloured etching.

Faustus and the promises of the new science, c. 1580-1730 : from the chapbooks to Harlequin Faustus / Christa Knellwolf King.

Faust, accompanied by Mephistopheles, sees Margaret (Gretchen) for the first time. Engraving by F. Ruscheweyh, 1814, after P. Cornelius, 1811.

Afbeeldinghe, ende corte Beschryvinghe van Christoffel Wagenaer (des D. Faustus discipel) den Tovenaer ende swart konstenaer, syn begin leven ende schrickelijcken doot / [Christoffel Wagenaer].

Doctor Faust's Bücherschatz / vollständige Sammlung der vierzehn ihm zugeschriebenen magischen Werke: Höllenzwang, schwarzer Rabe, Meergeist, Mirakel-, Kunst- und Wunderbuch u.s.w. : in wort- und bildgetreuen Abdrücken. In zwei Theilen.

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Johann Georg Faust

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Images featuring Johann Georg Faust

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Afbeeldinghe, ende corte Beschryvinghe van Christoffel Wagenaer (des D. Faustus discipel) den Tovenaer ende swart konstenaer, syn begin leven ende schrickelijcken doot / [Christoffel Wagenaer].

Doctor Faust's Bücherschatz / vollständige Sammlung der vierzehn ihm zugeschriebenen magischen Werke: Höllenzwang, schwarzer Rabe, Meergeist, Mirakel-, Kunst- und Wunderbuch u.s.w. : in wort- und bildgetreuen Abdrücken. In zwei Theilen.

Johann Georg Faust

Images from the collections

Images featuring Johann Georg Faust

Works from the collections

Afbeeldinghe, ende corte Beschryvinghe van Christoffel Wagenaer (des D. Faustus discipel) den Tovenaer ende swart konstenaer, syn begin leven ende schrickelijcken doot / [Christoffel Wagenaer].

Doctor Faust's Bücherschatz / vollständige Sammlung der vierzehn ihm zugeschriebenen magischen Werke: Höllenzwang, schwarzer Rabe, Meergeist, Mirakel-, Kunst- und Wunderbuch u.s.w. : in wort- und bildgetreuen Abdrücken. In zwei Theilen.

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