Goethe at the Window

Goethe at the Window is a 1786/7 watercolour by German painter Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein.

It depicts the poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe looking out of the window of the apartment in Rome he shared with the artist.

The watercolour has been in the collection of the Freies Deutsches Hochstift since 1955.

[1] Tischbein moved to Italy in 1783, after receiving a stipendium from Duke Ernst II of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg on the recommendation of Goethe.

From studying the layout of the flat in Via del Corso, it has been deduced that this drawing depicts Goethe in his bedroom, which overlooked the Via Fontanella.