Mephistopheles and Margaretta, with the reverse visible in a mirror
Medium
Sycamore wood
Subject
Characters from Goethe's Faust
Dimensions
177.2 cm (69.8 in)
Location
Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad, India
Mephistopheles and Margaretta is a 19th-century wooden double sculpture featuring two images carved on opposite sides; it portrays two characters from German playwright Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's 1808 play Faust. The obverse depicts the demon Mephistopheles, and the reverse depicts a woman, Margaretta (Margaret, or Gretchen). A mirror placed behind the sculpture allows both sides to be seen simultaneously.
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