
Frontispiece for Heft IV of "Homer nach Antiken gezeichnet", Göttingen: Heinrich Dieterik, 1801–05 and Stuttgart: J. G. Cotta, 1821
Purchase, Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, by exchange, 2009
Catalogue
- Year
- 1791
- Dimensions
- plate: 17 13/16 x 14 1/16 in. (45.2 x 35.7 cm) sheet: 21 1/16 x 15 1/2 in. (53.5 x 39.4 cm)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Artist

Painting
Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein, known as the Goethe Tischbein, was a German painter from the Tischbein family of artists.
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Record
Verified by WattsOS- Year
- 1791
- Dimensions
- plate: 17 13/16 x 14 1/16 in. (45.2 x 35.7 cm) sheet: 21 1/16 x 15 1/2 in. (53.5 x 39.4 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1791-002526
Source
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified





