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Adolph Menzel

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Dim interior with red patterned curtains at a window, a slanted writing desk, a wooden cabinet, and a rug on the floor.

The Artist's Sitting Room in Ritterstrasse

1851

Man playing flute in an ornate candlelit palace room, with musicians and seated listeners in 18th-century dress.

Frederick the Great Playing the Flute at Sanssouci

1850

Painting of a crowd carrying a draped coffin through a city square before a columned neoclassical building, 1848.

Lying in State of the March Fallen

1848

Painting of a woman playing piano by candlelight in an ornate room while another woman in a red shawl turns toward the doorwa

Die Störung

1846

Oil head study of an elderly man with a grey beard and curly grey hair against a warm ochre background.

Kopfstudie

1855

Painting of a studio corner with plaster cast arm and leg, a wooden chest, a draped cloth and a door.

Studio Wall

1852

Painting of two rulers shaking hands on a marble staircase, surrounded by courtiers in ornate uniforms and sashes.

Begegnung Friedrichs II. mit Kaiser Joseph II. in Neiße 1769

1857

Painting of a busy Italian market square with umbrellas, a fountain, a statue, crowds and a horse-drawn cart.

Piazza d’Erbe in Verona

1884

Crowded park scene under chestnut trees with well-dressed figures, children, dogs and parasols in dappled sunlight.

Afternoon in the Tuileries Gardens

1867

Painting of a sunlit interior with a white curtain, wooden chairs, a tall mirror, and a patterned rug on the floor.

The Balcony Room

1845

Painting of willow trees beside a dirt path, with a building site under construction and workers on scaffolding behind them.

Building Site with Willows

1846

Painting of a steam train curving along an embankment past trees and fields, with a distant city skyline under a cloudy sky.

The Berlin-Potsdam Railway

1847

Painting of elegantly dressed figures on a lit theatre stage facing a dark audience, with boxes and red drapery behind.

The Théâtre du Gymnase

1856

Painting of a crowded, gilded ballroom with chandeliers, guests in uniforms and gowns, and servants serving a banquet.

The Dinner at the Ball

1878

Workers in a dim factory hall handle a glowing iron bar at a rolling mill, with overhead belts and machinery.

The Iron Rolling Mill (Modern Cyclopes)

1872

Painting of a woman in a doorway glancing out, with a seated figure at a lamp-lit table in the room behind her.

Living room with the artist's sister

1847

Painting of a falcon diving to attack a pigeon through a cloudy blue sky, with the pigeon falling below.

Falcon Attacking a Pigeon

1844

Painting of men drinking and gathering under a stone vaulted arch in a dim, candlelit tavern cellar.

Der Esterházykeller in Wien

1871

Painting of rear buildings and red roofs above dense trees, with church spires in the hazy distance under a grey sky.

View of rear buildings

1847

Oil study of dark grey and pink-lit clouds over a silhouetted line of trees and a distant church spire.

Cloud Study

1851

Painting of a Corpus Christi procession with clergy in red robes, banners and a canopy, crowds, and an alpine village.

Fronleichnamsprozession in Hofgastein

1880

Dim church interior with worshippers kneeling before an ornate iron gate leading to a candlelit altar.

Frühmesse

1852

Blücher und Wellington bei Belle Alliance

1858

Painting of a brown horse's head with a white blaze on a pale background, by Adolph von Menzel, 1848.

Horse Study

1848

Crowded city boulevard with flags, balcony spectators, and mounted soldiers in a carriage procession under trees.

Departure of King Wilhelm I for the Army, July 31, 1870

1871

Interior of a bedroom with a figure at a desk by an open window overlooking city rooftops and a church spire.

The bedroom of the artist in the Ritterstraße

1847

Painting of officers in winter coats and tricorn hats gathered on a snowy path among birch trees, with horsemen behind.

Frederick the Great Addresses his Generals before the Battle of Leuthen in 1757

1860

Oil painting of tall poplar trees in a garden with a yellow palace facade and red roofs behind under a cloudy sky.

The Palace Garden of Prince Albert

1846

Oil sketch of a harnessed carthorse with a wind-blown mane standing on open ground under a cloudy sky.

Carthorse

1844

Interior scene of people gathered around a round table under an oil lamp, with a red sofa and framed paintings behind them.

Evening Gathering

1846

Painting of a back garden with cabbages, a wooden fence, a weathered shed, and a tree under a cloudy sky.

The Back Garden

1850

Painting of a uniformed rider on a white horse on a country road, approached by a woman and man petitioners beneath a tree.

The Petition

1849

Interior scene of a painter's scaffold beneath a ceiling fresco, with a violinist, seated gentlemen and a mannequin.

Crown Prince Frederick visits the Artist Pesne on His Painting Platform

1861

Painting of a man in a red cloak resting on a mound with a greyhound beside him, under a grey sky.

Resting Man

1850

Painting of a crowded gothic hall during a coronation ceremony, with figures in white gowns and red robes and spectators in g

The Coronation of William I at Königsberg in 1861

1861

Full-length portrait of a young woman in a white dress and pink shawl with a blue bonnet, standing by garden steps.

Clara Ilgner

1848

Painting of men carrying flaming torches through smoky dusk, with a helmeted mounted rider silhouetted at right.

Student Torchlight Procession

1859

Painting of camels and a crowd of onlookers in front of a balcony with wooden railings and flowers.

The wandering circus (Camel drivers in Partenkirchen)

1884

Painting of a horse-drawn cart on a dirt road below rolling green hills, poplars and heavy clouds in a pale sky.

Thunder on mount Tempelhof

1846

Painting of officers and a soldier at a campfire beneath a large tree, one man in a tricorn hat accepting a cup.

Frederick the Great with Zieten at the Camp

1852

Emilie Menzel am Klavier stehend

1866

Sketch of two bearded men in dark coats conversing, one in a fur cap and one in a top hat, seated on a bench.

Two discussing voters

1849

Painting of two men studying a map on a garden terrace while women in period dresses look on nearby.

Travel plans

1875

Painting of formal guests in gowns and military uniforms in an ornate white hall with chandeliers and gilded chairs.

Im Weißen Saal

1888

Dark interior painting of a crowd of uniformed men on a staircase, lit by a candle held by a central figure.

Frederick the Great at Lissa: Bonsoir, Messieurs

1858

Painting of visitors in fine clothes with a dog touring a smoky ironworks, while a sooty worker carries an iron bar.

Besuch im Eisenwalzwerk

1900

Pastel drawing of a man yawning widely in a railway compartment, eyes closed, hands clasped, with a blue curtain beside him.

Gähnender Herr im Eisenbahncoupé

1859

Painting of an artist working at an easel in a cluttered studio, with a standing man, a woman by a window, and a dog.

Meissonier im Atelier in Poissy

1869

Painting of a woman sleeping on a red sofa with a blue cushion, wrapped in brown drapery, in a warm interior.

Menzel's sister Emilie, sleeping

1848

Painting of an elegant opera audience with a bearded man in a dark coat and women in gowns beside gilded balconies.

At the Opera

1862

Elderly man in tricorn hat and long coat writing in a notebook at a railing, with a city skyline and church spire behind.

Chodowiecki auf der Jannowitzbrücke

1859

Interior of a storage hall with red columns and classical statues, including a central embracing sculptural group, in warm br

Aufbewahrungssaal während des Museumsumbaus

1848

Loose painting of snowy rooftops and back houses of a city with a church spire and bare trees in the foreground.

Berliner Hinterhäuser im Schnee

1847

Painting of an 18th-century garden scene with a couple, a man on a ladder in a bare tree, and figures on a stone staircase.

Beati Possidentes (Blessed are those who have)

1888

Bust of a Woman, Seen from Behind

1893

Charcoal drawing of the Rhine Falls at Schaffhausen with a central rock, cascading white water, and a bridge.

Falls of the Rhine at Schaffhausen (Rheinfall von Schaffhausen)

1885

Charcoal drawing of a young woman's head seen from below, face tilted down, with dark loose hair.

Head of a Young Woman Seen from Below

1886

Lithograph of an elderly bearded man in a cap studying a carved figurine beside an ornate wooden cabinet.

The Antiquary - Self-Portrait

1851

Monochrome lithograph of a man in a long curled wig and lace cuffs holding a brush, seated at a table.

Essay on Stone with Brush and Scraper: Portrait of Molière

1850

Black and white lithograph of costumed figures playing with hoops on a stone terrace beside a statue and tall cypress trees.

Essay on Stone with Brush and Scraper: Playing at Hoops on the Castle Terrace

1851

Lithograph of a horse-drawn wagon with a driver and figures passing through a misty, branch-filled woodland.

Essay on Stone with Brush and Scraper: The Convoy of Prisoners through a Woods

1851

Lithograph of a woman reading by a fireside in a candlelit rococo room with carved chairs and ornate wall sconces.

Essay on Stone with Brush and Scraper: Woman Reading at the Fireside

1851

Lithograph of a dark stone staircase with a cloaked figure descending and a swordsman below beside a glowing wall lamp.

Essay on Stone with Brush and Scraper: Chase on the Winding Staircase

1851

Lithograph of bears in a circular stone pit, one climbing a bare tree, with spectators watching from the wall above.

Essay on Stone with Brush and Scraper: The Bear Pit

1851