In the White Hall
oil on canvas • 21.5 x 29 cm
Menzel was making a career with career by painting huge historical canvas, commissioned by the Prussian court. Menzel’s loved also other, fascinating scenes - full of glamour and chaos, convention and formlessness - Berlin’s great court balls, which he attended with the utmost enthusiasm. These lively events doubled as opportunities for him to prepare sketches for later paintings. This is how "In the White Hall" has been created.