ADOLF MENZEL'S EXTREME REALISM

His sketches are on show as part of the Berlin Biennale. The subjects of his drawings like "unmade bed" are still considered very contemporary. The works still have such a strong impact because of their accuracy and vividness of drawing often ordinary, mundane things, enduing them with some other gravity. So here is a foot.

Der Fuss des Künstlers (1876)