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Adolph Menzel

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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

Loose painted view of a busy Paris street with pedestrians, a horse, café tables and tall buildings in sunlight.

A Working Day in Paris

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 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 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

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

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

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

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