Faust in His Study, Watching a Magic Disc

An etching shows a bearded scholar in a cap and layered robe leaning over a cluttered worktable, gazing up at a radiant, star-like disc glowing in a Gothic arched window. Dense hatching, deep shadows, and scattered instruments and papers fill the dim study.

Artist

Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn

Date

ca. 1652

Medium

Etching on off-white laid paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

1986 × 2560 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum