Adolph MenzelGerman, 1815–1905A New Year's Greeting
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Not on view at present
Where is “A New Year's Greeting” now? Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Not on view at present. Checked September 29, 2026.
Washington, D.C., United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
- Checked
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Details
- Accession number
- 2009.36.1
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- National Gallery of Art
- Image: National Gallery of Art — Museum open access
In the life of Adolph Menzel
The whole life1834–1839
Lithographs of Brandenburg history
Menzel lithographed with his own hand a series of twelve sheets, “Memorable Events of Brandenburg History”.
1839–1842
400 drawings for the “History of Frederick the Great”
For Franz Kugler's book Menzel produced 400 drawings, largely introducing the technique of wood engraving to Germany; with the Frederick books that followed, they made him one of the first, if not the first, illustrator of his day.
1840s
Begins painting from life
A whole series of landscapes and portraits painted from life appeared; they would first be shown only at the 1906 exhibition at the National Gallery in Berlin, and they sharply changed the accepted view of his art.
![Ginevra de' Benci [obverse], Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1474/1478](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/8f29e3c9-a289-4d53-abf0-31a66e9e98fa/full/!2400,2400/0/default.jpg)
![Wreath of Laurel, Palm, and Juniper with a Scroll inscribed Virtutem Forma Decorat [reverse], Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1474/1478](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/ff62e8d0-45c4-498f-ad36-6358de827e04/full/!2400,2400/0/default.jpg)
