Portrait of the artist Adolph von Menzel

Adolph von Menzel

1815-1905

Adolph von Menzel was awarded the Order "Pour le Mérite" for science and art, he was also an honorary citizen of the city of Berlin and was finally knighted in 1898. Menzel was not just a history painter. He was one of the great realists of his time and a chronicler of his epoch.