Who painted “Frederick the Great Playing the Flute at Sanssouci”?

“Frederick the Great Playing the Flute at Sanssouci” was painted by Adolph von Menzel in 1852. Where to see it: Alte Nationalgalerie.

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Realism: Academic art paints the same skill on idealised subjects; Impressionism keeps the modern subjects but breaks the paint into light, quick strokes.

Adolph Friedrich Erdmann von Menzel (8 December 1815 – 9 February 1905) 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. Wikipedia

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More by Adolph von Menzel

“The Berlin-Potsdam Railway”, 1847
“The Iron Rolling Mill (Modern Cyclopes)”, 1872–1875
“Studio Wall”, 1872
“Laying out the March Dead”, 1848
“Departure of King Wilhelm I for the Army, July 31, 1870”, 1871
“The Meeting of Frederick II and Joseph II in Neisse in 1769”, 1857
“The Balcony Room”, 1845
“The Foot of the Artist”, 1876