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Second Flow. BERLIN.
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We now return to the vestibule, and ascend the staircase to the se¬
cond floor. — On the Staircask is a frieze in stucco by Otto Gei/er,
representing the growth of German civilisation from the time of
Arminius the Cheruscan down to the Franco-Prussian war in a series
of portrait-groups. On the walls are hung: *207. K. F. Lessing,
Huss before the stake; *452. .-1. Feuerbach, Plato's banquet; 537.
K. von Piloty, Death of Alexander the Great (unfinished).
Second Floor.
Vestibule. Paintings: 514. Gabriel Max, Christ healing a sick
child; *343. Moritz von Schwind, The rose; 835. A. Feuerbach,
Reminiscence of Tivoli. — Sculptures: 158. A. Briltt, Diana; Aug.
Gaul, *165. Lion (bronze), 231. Sheep reposing (limestone); 234. Aug.
Hudler, The dreamer (bronze).
Cupola Saloon. In the middle: *73. Gottfried Schadow, Crown
Princess Luise and her sister Frederica (plaster model for the marble
group in the Royal Palace, p. i>^). 247, 248. Bernhard Plockharst,
Portraits of Emperor William I. and Empress Augusta; Werner
Schuch, 550. General Zieten in the battle at Katholiscb-Hennersdorf,
551. Seydlitz at Rossbach.— The frieze in the vaulting, by August
von Heydeu, represents the signs of the zodiac. The four lunettes
above the doors, scenes from the history of German art, are by
the same artist: Emp. Henry II. laying the foundation-stone of
the cathedral of Bamberg; Diirer painting a portrait of Emp. Maxi¬
milian, while Kunz von der Rosen entertains the emperor with a
song; Contest of the singers at the Wartburg in Thuringia; Adam
Krafft, the sculptor, in his workshop.
We begin to the right, postponing the inspection of the Menzel
and Cornelius Saloons to the end.
Side Room I. This room contains almost exclusively gouaches,
water-colours, and drawings by Adolf von Menzel, comprising those
of the 'Children's Album'. We may also notice two studies of hands,
a church-interior (sermon), and the view of the Hildebrand-Strusse
from Menzel's studio.
Corridor (chiefly masters of the Diisseldorf School of the middle
of the 19th cent.). To the left: 548. Claus Meyer, Dice-players;
opposite, 664. Chr. L. Bokelmanu, Alone; to the left, 392. K. Fr.
Lessing, Landscape in the Eifel; *500. Franz Defregger, Borrow¬
ed plumes (der 'Salon-Tiroler'); 506. Andreas Acheubach, Dutch
harbour; to the right 155. Rudolph Jordan, The widow's consola¬
tion; Benjamin Vautier, 565. On the sick-bed, 35.x. The first danc¬
ing lesson.
Side Room II. First Section (Munich School). To the left, 1030.
A. Teichlein, Forest of Fontainebleau; 3ix. Ed. Schleich, Even¬
ing scene; above, *8. Franz Adam, Retreat of the French army