# Goethe in the Roman Campagna

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## Artwork

- Artist: [TISCHBEIN, Johann Heinrich Wilhelm](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/tischbein-johann-heinrich-wilhelm-r9bf70fe904df74>)
- Date: 1751-1800
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 164 x 206 cm

## Commentary

Tischbein is the best-known of a family of German 18th-century painters. He was most important for his engravings of classical antiquities, but is now remembered solely for his famous portrait of Goethe. Tischbein was Goethe&#39;s friend and he is usually called &#39;Goethe Tischbein&#39;. 19th-century composers - among others Franz Schubert - composed many songs based on Goethe&#39;s poems. &lt;P&gt; &lt;TABLE ALIGN=LEFT CELLPADDING=5 BORDER=1 WIDTH=320 BGCOLOR=&#34;\#99CCCC&#34;&gt; &lt;TR VALIGN=MIDDLE&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;IMG SRC=&#34;/support/gif/listen.gif&#34; BORDER=0 VALIGN=MIDDLE&gt; Suggested listening \(streaming mp3, 6 minutes\):&lt;BR&gt;&lt;A HREF=&#34;\#&#34; onClick=&#34;w=window.open \(&#39;/music1/schubert/schubert\_d296\_mond.html&#39;, &#39;newWin&#39;, &#39;scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350&#39;\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return true&#34;&gt;&lt;B&gt;Franz Schubert: An den Mond \(To the Moon\) \(Goethe\) D 296&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;/TABLE&gt;

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## Attribution

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