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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. Note that the subjects are portrayed as the age they were when the work was painted in 1885, not the age they were at when the event occurred in 1871.</div>
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Anton_von_Werner" class="extiw" title="w:en:Anton von Werner"><span title="German painter (1843-1915)">Anton von Werner</span></a>
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1885<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1885-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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