Johann Wolfgang Goethe was a German scientist, playwright, novelist, philosopher, poet, naturalist, and statesman. Goethe was the author of Faust, Die Leiden des jungen Werthers and Zur Farbenlehre, among others. In 1782 he was raised to the peerage.
Reinier reused this artwork by giving it his own contemporary twist. The red symbolizes wealth and power, an almost Papal status to the emperor of German philosophers.
A beautiful work that easily adds to any interior.
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