Goethe pencil protrait
Ramberg protrait of GoethePencil portrait of Johann Wolfgang Goethe (1749-1832) by Johann Heinrich Ramberg,1791-92.
Johann Heinrich Ramberg (1763-1840) was a well-known German painter and etcher.
This portrait of German author Goethe is possibly a copy of the 1791 portrait by Johann Heinrich Lips and is unusual for showing the sitter full-face, directly staring out at the viewer.
In this exhibition
- Skill and dexterity
- 'In the Library'
- Pankratien facsimile
- Goethe pencil protrait
- Calligraphic writing and drawings
- Science and medicine
- Information
- Print and publication
- Capturing and recording
- Passing the time