Frederick the Great Playing the Flute at Sanssouci, also known as The Flute Concert, is an 1852 oil-on-canvas history painting by the German painter Adolph Menzel. It depicts Frederick the Great, King of Prussia, playing the flute for an audience at an evening concert in his palace of Sanssouci, capturing a moment of courtly musical life associated with the historical monarch. The painting is held in the Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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is an 1852 oil on canvas history painting
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oil on canvas history painting by the German painter
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is now in the Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin
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Frederick the Great Playing the Flute at Sanssouci or The Flute Concert is an 1852 oil on canvas history painting by the German painter Adolph Menzel.
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Frederick the Great Playing the Flute at Sanssouci or The Flute Concert is an 1852 oil on canvas history painting by the German painter Adolph Menzel. It depicts Frederick the Great, King of Prussia playing the flute at an evening
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