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Woman with a Crushed Velvet Hat by Adolph Menzel

Woman with a Crushed Velvet Hat

Adolph Menzel · 1894

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DETAILS
Artist
Adolph Menzel
Date
1894
Medium
Graphite
Location
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Dimensions
8 1/4 x 5 1/8 in. (21 x 13 cm)
Collection
Drawings and Prints
Credit line
Bequest of Richard Krautheimer, 1994
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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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