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The King in Thule
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Leaning over a railing, the king throws the golden cup into the sea. Behind him are his crown and his scepter on a tabooth, behind it the king’s entourage. Preliminary drawing for the corresponding steel engraving in: Outlines of Goethe’s works in 92 leaves in steel engraving with Goethe’s portrait after May, Stuttgart 1840. With eight other drawings by the collector Alfred Piet in an album.
Designated: Under the illustration in the middle "DER KÖNIG IN THULE."(Frankfurter Goethe-Haus/Freies Deutsches Hochstift)
Title: The King in Thule
Description:
Leaning over a railing, the king throws the golden cup into the sea.
Behind him are his crown and his scepter on a tabooth, behind it the king’s entourage.
Preliminary drawing for the corresponding steel engraving in: Outlines of Goethe’s works in 92 leaves in steel engraving with Goethe’s portrait after May, Stuttgart 1840.
With eight other drawings by the collector Alfred Piet in an album.
Designated: Under the illustration in the middle "DER KÖNIG IN THULE.
"(Frankfurter Goethe-Haus/Freies Deutsches Hochstift).
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