Plate I: Eleven Figures Illustrating the Optical Perception of Color in Nature
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (German, 1749–1832)
1810
Hand-colored engraving
From Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Erklärung der zu Goethe's Farbenlehre gehörigen Tafeln (Explanation of the accompanying plates to Goethe's 'On the Teaching of Color') (Tübingen, 1810)
The Getty Research Institute, 2986-674
1810
Hand-colored engraving
From Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Erklärung der zu Goethe's Farbenlehre gehörigen Tafeln (Explanation of the accompanying plates to Goethe's 'On the Teaching of Color') (Tübingen, 1810)
The Getty Research Institute, 2986-674