This is an introduction to Goethe's Faust (Part I).

1. Faust, Part I
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
1808

2. Faustus
Unknown German Painter, 17th Century

3. St. Jerome in His Study
Albrecht Dürer, 1514

4. Faust in His Study
Eugène Delacroix, 1828

5. The Alchemist in Search of the Philosopher’s Stone
Joseph Wright, 1771

6. Faust in His Study
George Friedrich Kersting, 1829

7. Dr. Faustus
Jean-Paul Laurens

8. Faust in His Study
Ary Scheffer, 1831

9. The Sorcerer
Rembrandt, 1652

10. The Appearance of the Earth Spirit
Johann Wolfgang Goethe, 1812

11. Faust with the Earth Spirit
Ludwig G. C. Nauwerck, 1810

12. Faust and Wagner on Their Walk
Eugène Delacroix, 1828

13. Faust and Wagner on Their Walk
Gustave Schlick, 1850

14. Faust and Mephistopheles
Stich von Tony Iohannot, 1847

15. The Pact Between Faust and Mephistopheles
Julius Nisle, 1840

17. Fresco, c. 1625

22. Ceiling Lamp, c. 1625

24. Venus Sleeping in a Landscape
Giorgione, c. 1510

25. Danae
Titian, 1553

26. The Three Witches from Shakespeare’s Macbeth
Daniel Gardner, 1775

27. Gretchen by the Church Portal
Ernst Meisel, 1849

28. Faust and Marguerite
Sandor Liezen-Mayer, 1875

29. Faust Meeting Marguerite
Eugène Delacroix, 1828

30. Faust and Marguerite
Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Late 19th Century

31. Gretchen Discovering Faust’s Jewels
Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1859

32. Scene from Faust
Hendrik Frans Schaefels, 1863

33. Faust and Marguerite
Ary Scheffer, 1861

34. Faust and Marguerite in the Garden
James Tissot, 1861

36. Faust and Marguerite
Pedro Américo, Late 19th Century

37. Gretchen in the Church
August von Krelings

39. Marguerite in the Church with the Evil Spirit
Eugène Delacroix, 1828

40. Gretchen Before the Mater Dolorosa
Wilhelm von Kaulbach, 1859

41. Witches’ Sabbath
John Jacob Wick

42. Walpurgisnacht
1668 Engraving

43. Walpurgisnacht

44. Witches’ Sabbath
Francisco de Goya, 1823

45. Walpurgisnacht
Johann Heinrich Ramberg, 1829

46. Vision of Faust
Luis Ricardo Falero, 1878

47. Mephistopheles and Faust on Black Steeds
Eugène Delacroix, 1828

48. Faust Rescuing Marguerite
Eugène Delacroix, 1828

49. Gretchen is Saved!
Wilhelm Hensel, 1835