CHAPTER VI.

Delight in Italy; the “Italienische Reise”; journey to Rome; arrives in Rome, October 29, 1786; attempts to think himself back into the Rome of ancient times; his study of ancient art; the art of the Renascence; St. Peter’s; friends in Rome; thinks of becoming an artist; re-writes “Iphigenie” in verse; visits Naples; Sicily; second residence in Rome; completes “Egmont”; works at “Faust”; leaves Rome on April 21, 1788, and arrives at Weimar on June 18th 106