Adolph von Menzel

German · 1815–1905 · Painter, Printmaker

Adolph Friedrich Erdmann von Menzel was a German Realist artist noted for drawings, etchings, and paintings. Along with Caspar David Friedrich, he is considered one of the two… (Wikipedia)

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Stehende Rüstungen (aus der Folge der Rüstkammer-Phantasien)Grisebach · Nov 2014€3,295,000≈ $4,110,513≈ £2,606,209Sign up to see
Emilie in roter BluseGrisebach · Jun 2016€1,045,000≈ $1,167,683≈ £808,365Sign up to see
Das Chorgestühl im Dom zu MainzKetterer Kunst · Oct 2006€333,450≈ $422,915≈ £223,611Sign up to see

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Österreichische Offiziere, 1852
Drawing
32,3 × 23,7 cm
Grisebach · May 29, 2019 · Lot 164
€40,000≈ $44,624≈ £35,290Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €30,000–40,000View at Grisebach ↗
Inneres der Stiftskirche zu Einsiedeln, 1881
Drawing · Paper
42 × 28,8 cm
Grisebach · May 29, 2019 · Lot 196
€275,000≈ $306,790≈ £242,618Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €60,000–80,000View at Grisebach ↗
A Soiree with Officers
Drawing · Paper
13 x 22.8 cm
Lempertz · Nov 17, 2018 · Lot 2038
€1,364≈ $1,548≈ £1,205Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €800–1,000View at Lempertz ↗
Brustbild Friedrichs des Großen als junger König, Um 1840
Drawing
Grisebach · Oct 25, 2018 · Lot 52
€70,000≈ $79,912≈ £61,971Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €30,000–40,000View at Grisebach ↗
Frau mit Mantille im Profil nach rechts, 1894
Drawing
21 × 13 cm
Grisebach · Oct 25, 2018 · Lot 64
€25,000≈ $28,540≈ £22,133Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €20,000–30,000View at Grisebach ↗
Junge mit Wasserglas, 1889
Drawing
20,8 × 13,3 cm
Grisebach · Oct 25, 2018 · Lot 65
€32,500≈ $37,102≈ £28,772Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €15,000–20,000View at Grisebach ↗
Königin Augusta (Skizze), Um 1861
Drawing
29,7 × 21,4 cm
Grisebach · May 30, 2018 · Lot 143
€10,625≈ $12,359≈ £9,297Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €8,000–12,000View at Grisebach ↗
Rückenfigur eines stehenden Mannes (und Studie seiner Stiefel), Um 1880
Drawing
16,2 × 9,7 cm
Grisebach · May 30, 2018 · Lot 145
€10,000≈ $11,632≈ £8,750Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €8,000–12,000View at Grisebach ↗
Brustbild eines bärtigen Mannes mit geschlossenen Augen, 1890
Drawing
20,8 × 12,8 cm
Grisebach · May 30, 2018 · Lot 146
€10,000≈ $11,632≈ £8,750Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €8,000–12,000View at Grisebach ↗
Schlittschuhläufer (im Tiergarten in Berlin?), Um 1855
Drawing
36,8 × 52,8 cm
Grisebach · May 30, 2018 · Lot 147
€312,500≈ $363,500≈ £273,432Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €250,000–350,000View at Grisebach ↗

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About Adolph von Menzel

Adolph Friedrich Erdmann von Menzel was a German Realist artist noted for drawings, etchings, and paintings. Along with Caspar David Friedrich, he is considered one of the two most prominent German painters of the 19th century, and was the most successful artist of his era in Germany. First known as Adolph Menzel, he was knighted in 1898 and changed his name to Adolph von Menzel.

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In museum collections

Der Bärenzwinger im zoologischen Garten (The Bear Pit in the Zoological Gardens), 1851
National Gallery of Art, Washington · CC0
Japanese Artist at Work, 1886
National Gallery of Art, Washington · CC0
Heads of a Man and a Woman, 1899
National Gallery of Art, Washington · CC0
Study of a Woman, c. 1875/1890
National Gallery of Art, Washington · CC0