Illustrations for Faust: Frontispiece - Portrait of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Eugène Delacroix

Cleveland Museum of Art

Portrait of a man with curly hair, wearing a fur-lined coat and a white turtleneck. The man's hair is gray and styled in a wavy manner. He has a serious expression on his face. The portrait is rendered in black and white. The background of the portrait is shaded. The image includes a signature at the bottom. Small illegible text appears on either side of the signature. The portrait is set against a white background with darker spots.