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Adolph Menzel

146 works

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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

Etching of a woman in a dark dress and white apron bending forward to read a newspaper held open in front of her.

Vrouw leest de krant

1886

Decorative black-on-blue title sheet with ornate border of figures, animals and scrollwork around lettering, Berlin 1834.

Omslag voor zes prenten met scènes uit het leven van een kunstenaar en een tekstblad

1834

Line drawing of a woman and child in a room with a cat, and a man working at a cluttered table in a workshop.

Leven van de kunstenaar als kind

1834

Pen-and-ink style print of art students drawing from plaster casts under a teacher, beside a seated artist at an easel in a s

Kunstenaar in opleiding

1834

Print with two domestic interior scenes: a kneeling woman before a fireplace, and a couple beside a spinning wheel with a che

Kunstenaar maakt een vrouw het hof

1834

Pen sketch on paper: men seated at a table in an interior on the left, a young man on a rooftop with a bundle on the right.

Jonge kunstenaar loopt weg van huis

1834

Line drawing of visitors in a gallery studying a large framed painting on an easel, with a child among them.

Publiek bewondert een schilderij op een tentoonstelling

1834

Print with two studio scenes: an artist painting at an easel with a dog, and a reclining man in an armchair with children.

Kunstenaar in zijn werkplaats en op zijn sterfbed

1834

Blue sheet with handwritten German calligraphy in ornate script, numbered sections and underlined headings.

Tekstblad bij zes prenten met scènes uit het leven van een kunstenaar

1834

Print of bears in a circular zoo pit, one climbing a bare tree trunk while others sit and stand below, with spectators at the

Bear Pit in Zoo

Etching of two men in 16th-century dress, one in a feathered cap raising his hand, the other in a fur-trimmed robe.

Hamlet and Polonius

1843

Lithograph bust portrait of a bearded man in a fur-trimmed robe and fur cap, with caption naming Albrecht Achilles.

Portret van Albrecht III Achilles keurvorst van Brandenburg

1825