Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German writer and statesman.
His body of work includes epic and lyric poetry written in a variety of metres and styles; prose and verse dramas; memoirs; an autobiography; literary and aesthetic criticism; treatises on botany, anatomy, and colour; and four novels. In addition, numerous literary and scientific fragments, more than 10,000 letters, and nearly 3,000 drawings by him are extant.
A literary celebrity by the age of 25, Goethe was ennobled by the Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Karl August in 1782 after first taking up residence there in November 1775 following the success of his first novel, The Sorrows of Young Werther.

This portrait is a copy of the well-known portrait by Stieler (1828)

dimension frame (vertically) : 104 mm.
inner dimension ring: 46 mm.
painting, waterbased on ivory.
condition frame: excellent
condition painting: excellent
many fine details
backside information: 01/4/108 Goethe





stock number 432