# Faust on Easter Morning

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## Artwork

- Artist: [KRAFFT, Johann Peter](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/krafft-johann-peter-r09d8b4d45230f6>)
- Date: 1801-1850
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 134 x 112 cm

## Commentary

This picture, one of the last paintings by the artist, illustrates a scene from Goethe&#39;s Faust. It depicts the moment when Faust was preparing to empty the bowl of poison, but was prevented by the peal of the Easter bells. &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 \(streaming mp3, 8 minutes\):&lt;BR&gt;&lt;A HREF=&#34;\#&#34; onClick=&#34;w=window.open \(&#39;/music1/19\_cent/gounod\_faust\_scene1.html&#39;, &#39;newWin&#39;, &#39;scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350&#39;\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return true&#34;&gt;&lt;B&gt;Charles Gounod: Faust, Act 1, Scene 1&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;/TABLE&gt;

## Related artworks

- [Equestrian Portrait of Franz I](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/krafft-johann-peter-r09d8b4d45230f6/equestrian-portrait-of-franz-i-raad15cc39bfb3f>)
- [Franz Xaver Richter von Binnenthal](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/krafft-johann-peter-r09d8b4d45230f6/franz-xaver-richter-von-binnenthal-r2e11d9421d4e32>)
- [Maria Angelica Richter von Binnenthal](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/krafft-johann-peter-r09d8b4d45230f6/maria-angelica-richter-von-binnenthal-rc4403dd67ba084>)
- [Portrait of Count Ferenc Barkóczy](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/krafft-johann-peter-r09d8b4d45230f6/portrait-of-count-ferenc-barkczy-re5c0ccf3f5c42f>)
- [Ruggiero and Angelica](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/krafft-johann-peter-r09d8b4d45230f6/ruggiero-and-angelica-r0fb394213ef940>)
- [The Attack of Zrinyi](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/krafft-johann-peter-r09d8b4d45230f6/the-attack-of-zrinyi-r421cf8ba55d21e>)

## Attribution

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