门采尔是19世纪下半期德国柏林画派杰出的代表人物,他在版画和油画等创作方面硕果累累。有一次,门采尔受托为《腓特烈大帝传》一书画插图。门采尔对德国历史上这位著名国王的生活和性格一无所知,他觉得无从下笔,便一头钻进了图书馆,查阅了大量的历史书籍,阅读了 Menzel is an outstanding representative of the Berlin School of Fine Arts in Germany in the second half of the 19th century. He has made great achievements in the field of printmaking and oil painting. Once, Menzel was commissioned as a painting illustration of “Biography of Frederick the Great.” Menzel knew nothing of the life and character of the famous king in German history, and found himself unable to write, he plunged into the library, consulted with a large number of historical books and read