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The Back Garden by Adolph von Menzel

The Back Garden

Adolph von Menzel · 1850

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Artist
Adolph von Menzel
Date
1850
Location
Detroit Institute of Arts
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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