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Left: Der Kuenstler malt aus Not die Haessliche Gattin eines Protzen; Right: Der Kuenstler stirbt, ohne seinen Ruhm erlebt zu haben. Seine Bilder haengen unverkauft an den Waenden

Adolph Menzel, 1834

MEDIUMLithograph
DIMENSIONS12 5/8 × 18 3/4 in. (32 × 47.6 cm)
LOCATIONThe Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Adolph Menzel

Adolph Menzel, the German Realist, captured everything from the grandeur of Frederick the Great to the quiet intensity of a railway carriage after a night's journey.

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