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Soldiers by Adolph von Menzel

Soldiers

Adolph von Menzel · 1815

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Artist
Adolph von Menzel
Date
1815
Medium
graphite
Location
Cleveland Museum of Art
Dimensions
[object Object]
Collection
Drawings
Culture
Germany, 19th century
Credit line
The Norweb Collection
ART MOVEMENTS
Naturalism
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Adolph von Menzel

Prussian master who captured 19th-century Berlin life with photographic precision and revolutionary realism.

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