FAUST WITH MEPHISTO IN AUERBACH'S CELLAR, Ernst.

Oil on hardboard, signed *Ernst* and dated (19)88 in the lower left, free, modern adaptation after Eduard von Grützner, depicting the scene from Goethe’s *Faust, Part One* in Auerbach's Cellar in Leipzig, visible in the background on the right is Mephisto, who leads Faust into the cellar to lure him away from his studies toward frivolity and superficial enjoyment of life, in the foreground are four students who are already indulging in these simple pleasures, board approx. 67 x 54 cm, in a wide profile frame approx. 75 x 63 cm, frame slightly damaged.

(EN) Oil on hardboard, signed *Ernst* and dated in the lower left corner (19)88, free, modern adaptation after Eduard von Grützner, depicting the scene from Goethe’s *Faust, Part One* in Auerbachs Keller in Leipzig, visible in the background on the right is Mephisto, who leads Faust into the cellar to lure him away from his studies toward frivolity and superficial enjoyment of life, in the foreground are four students who are already indulging in these simple pleasures, Plate approx. 67 x 54 cm, in wide profile frame approx. 75 x 63 cm, frame slightly damaged.