File:Wernerprokla.jpg

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Summary

Artist



Description	German painter
Date of birth/death	9 May 1843	4 January 1915
Location of birth/death	Frankfurt (Oder), Germany	Berlin, Germany
Work period	between 1860s and 1915
Work location	Paris (between March 1867 and July 1868); Rome (between November 1868 and November 1869); Berlin
Authority control	WorldCat

Title

The proclamation of the German Empire

Description

The third version of the proclamation of Prussian king Wilhelm I as German Emperor at Versailles, by Anton von Werner. The first two versions were destroyed in the Second World War. This version was commissioned by the Prussian royal family for chancellor Bismarck's 70th birthday.

Date

1885

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

Height: 250 cm (98.4 in). Width: 250 cm (98.4 in).

Current location

Bismarck Museum

	Native name	Bismarck-Museum
	Parent institution	Otto-von-Bismarck Stiftung
	Location	Altes Landhaus Am Museum 2 21521 Friedrichsruh Germany
	Coordinates	53° 31′ 44.58″ N, 10° 20′ 24.22″ E
	Established	1997
	Website	Museen Schleswig-Holstein
	Authority control	WorldCat

Object history

1885: commissioned by the Prussian royal family for Otto von Bismarck

by 2010: Bismarck Museum, Friedrichsruh, Germany

Notes

Cropped version, missing frame
Originally from nl.wikipedia; description page is/was here. Original source: Anton von Werner at buergertum.com; original uploader was Känsterle at nl.wikipedia; 17 June 2005 (original upload date)

Source/Photographer

Museen Nord / Bismarck Museum: Picture

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