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| Keywords: Adolph Menzel, Afternoon in the Tuileries Gardens, 1867.jpg Artwork en Adolph Menzel was the leading German artist of the second half of the 19th century This painting of the Tuileries Gardens in Paris was executed by him in 1867 following a visit to the city to see that year's Universal Exposition It was almost certainly inspired by another of the National Gallery's paintings Manet's 'Music in the Tuileries Gardens' painted just five years earlier Both paintings share a fascination with the bustling social scene of the day in the Tuileries Gardens adjacent to the Louvre in the heart of Paris but are executed in strikingly different styles Menzel's approach is both more realistic and filled with detail He invites the viewer to move from incident to closely observed incident across the canvas Menzel made several sketches in the Tuileries Gardens which he took back to Berlin with him although none of these actually anticipate the composition of the finished painting Although painted in a more traditional academic style Menzel does pay a kind of homage to Manet by quoting from his painting The standing man in top hat in the foreground just right of centre closely resembles a similar figure in Manet's painting When he first exhibited the work Menzel made the point of indicating that it was executed from memory 1867 Oil on canvas 49 x 70 cm Institution National Gallery London object history provenanceEvent purchase 1935 private collection Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden Galerie Neue Meister Nr 2442 A provenanceEvent restitution 2005 London exhibition history credit line Bought with the assistance of the American Friends of the National Gallery London the George Beaumont Group and a number of gifts in wills including a legacy from Mrs Martha Doris Bailey in memory of her husband Mr Richard Hillman Bailey 2006 http //www nationalgallery org uk/paintings/adolph-menzel-afternoon-in-the-tuileries-gardens National Gallery London Adolf Menzel Berl 1867 ~ lower right signature and date accession number NG6604 PD-100 Afternoon in the Tuileries Gardens by Adolph von Menzel German paintings in the National Gallery London Paintings formerly in the Galerie Neue Meister Dresden | ||||
