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Adolph Menzel

146 works

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Pencil sketch of a dancer holding a tambourine in 18th-century dress, with handwritten color notes and a shoe study.

Tänzerin Barbarina tanzend mit Tamburin in der Linken. Ganze Figur en face. Mit Notizen. R.: Schuhstudie

1840

Pencil drawing of a smiling woman in an 18th-century gown with floral trim and a plumed headdress.

Tänzerin Barbarina in tanzender Bewegung. Kniestück en face. Kopie von Pesne in Sanssouci

1840

Pencil sketch of a smiling woman in a ruffled 18th-century gown with flowers in her curled hair, with German handwritten note

Tänzerin Barbarina. Kniestück. Von der eigenen Zeichnung nach einem Gemälde von Pesne in Sanssouci. Kleid kurz und fl…

1840

Charcoal drawing of a path between alpine wooden houses with shadows on the walls and a mountain slope behind.

Weg zwischen Alpenhäusern mit Schattenwurf auf der Hauswand

1879

Watercolor of a sleeping man in a bowler hat and a woman gazing out a window in a railway carriage.

In a Railway Carriage (After a Night's Journey)

1851

Charcoal drawing of a seated bearded man looking up at a standing man holding beads, with a woman in a hat behind them.

Doctor and Patient

1899

Head of a Bearded Man

1884

Woman with a Crushed Velvet Hat

1894

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

Charcoal drawing of a forest path beside a wide-branched old tree with dense foliage and dappled light.

Gezicht in het bos, op een bospad, langs een wijdvertakte oude boom

1865

Pencil sketch of a moustached man in a hat seen from behind, with loose study details of hands and clothing around him.

Schetsblad met een heer met knevel en hoed, schuin van achteren gezien, benevens enige details

1888

Pencil sketch of old half-timbered houses with gabled roofs above a stony bank and calm water.

Oude huizen aan de Noord-Duitse kust

1825

Charcoal study of clouds over rooftops, a church spire and rolling hills, with a building at the lower left.

Wolkenstudie. Himmel über Häusern, Dächern und Hügel

1897

Pencil sketch of a museum interior with tall windows, a barrel, a spinning wheel, a hanging bird and a model boat.

Blick in einen Raum im Museum in Utrecht

1876

Pencil sketch of a vaulted stone cellar with ribbed arches, an arched window and a doorway to a lit passage.

Gewölbter Kellerraum in der Wartburg

1847

Pencil sketch of a factory interior with a large spoked transmission wheel, belt drive, wooden beams and a trough below.

Transmissionsanlage in einer Stärkefabrik sowie weitere Details

1844

Pencil sketch of a tiered ornamental fountain with a twisted column, urn finial and draped pedestal, dated 1841.

Tafelaufsatz

1841

Pencil study of a hanging embroidered tablecloth beside a ruffled frill and ribbon bow, dated 1876.

Herabhängende Tischdecke, Bandschleifen und Krausen

1876

Pencil sketch of a landau carriage with horses and a driver in front of a barn, with trees in the background.

Landauergespann vor der Scheune

1890

Charcoal sketch of a weathered farmhouse with a sagging roof, a picket fence in front, and a standing figure beside it.

Zaun am Bauernhaus

1892

Lithograph of bears in a circular pit, one climbing a bare tree while spectators watch from the wall above.

Der Bärenzwinger im Zoologischen Garten

1851

Charcoal drawing of an ornate baroque pulpit canopy with cherubs, a radiant sunburst and rococo scrollwork.

Die Bekrönung der Kanzel der Augustinerkirche in Würzburg

1890

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