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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 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 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

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

Frühmesse

1852

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

Horse Study

1848

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

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 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

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

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