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Margaret at the Fountain

Ary Scheffer (1795–1858)

The Wallace Collection

Margaret at the Fountain

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The subject is taken from Goethe’s Faust I (1808). Margaret, who has been seduced by 'Faust', has just learnt from Lisbeth that their unmarried friend Barbara ‘feeds two now when she eats and drinks’. Margaret reflects that once she would have condemned Barbara’s conduct, but now ‘the reproach and sin are mine’.

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Title

Margaret at the Fountain

Date

1858

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 160 x W 101 cm

Accession number

P284

Acquisition method

acquired by Sir Richard Wallace, 1872; bequeathed to the nation by Lady Wallace, 1897

Work type

Painting

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Ary Scheffer

1795–1858

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