Faust: Part 1. Last Scene 1846-48 Dante Gabriel Rossetti British Rossetti made this drawing just before he joined the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, and it demonstrates his early fascination with Goethes Faust, a source that later inspired his Lady Lilith (MMA, 08.162.1). Belonging to a series of lively compositions devoted to Gretchens seduction and imprisonment, this sheet shows the heroine praying for strength as she resists Mephistopheles compromising offer of freedom—angels and demons represent the spiritual struggle underpinning the drama. The hatched pen work indicates Rossettis close study of German engravings.. Faust: Part 1. Last Scene 637750
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