MORITZ RETZCH

MORITZ RETZCH (1779-1857), painter and engraver, born at Dresden, where he became a professor of Painting; is famous for his etchings illustrative of Goethe's "Faust," of certain of Shakespeare's plays, as well as of Fouqué's "Tales"; the "Chess-Players" and "Man versus Satan," which is considered his masterpiece.