Heidi,

Instead of being bullsh'tted into believing this is some random picture from the internet, how about listening to the guy who called ZKM (and talked to a really nice lady)?

Apparently, most of us were just watching the first half of the Vimeo vid.

Skip to 12:39: https://vimeo.com/342013925

You'll see it on the left in the video.

It's not a painting. It's a movie:
https://mubi.com/de/films/the-fall-of-the-romanov-dynasty

It was made in 1927 but includes footage from the years 1913-1917.

"A documentary film using archive material to portray a chronology of Russian history from 1913 to the October Revolution of 1917, which saw the fall of the Russian royal family, the Romanovs, and the establishment of Communist rule."
https://www.worldcat.org/title/fall-of-the-romanov-dynasty/o...

Additional info:
"With revolution at home and catastrophic failure in the First World War abroad, the Romanov dynasty, which had celebrated its third century in power in 1913, came to a swift end."
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/magazine/2018/07-...

"Brief chronology of main events of the Fall of the Romanov Dynasty 1913 May, festivities for the 300th anniversary of the house of Romanov."
https://notes.cendari.dariah.eu/cendari/ARG_The_Fall_of_the_...

"In 1913 the dynasty celebrated 300 years of Romanov rule. Virtually the entire Imperial family made an extensive tour of the sites associated with the events of 1613, including the Ipatiev Monastery in Kostroma, where Mikhail Romanov received the crown. This tour was successful or unsuccessful depending on the political views of the person asked. Hundreds of thousands of people participated in the celebration and it took on aspects of a religious pilgrimage for some."
http://www.alexanderpalace.org/petersburg1900/44.html

Use it or don't. Just don't tell me this random 'picture parade' is research. It's not.

Best

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Hello Heidi,

"...and simply wasn't able to do all the research." Fine with me; that's what ProZ is for. I was talking about people who first attack others for not doing research, but seem incapable of actual research themselves (even after I got it straight from the horse's mouth, so to speak).

This random word search on Google is not helpful. Not a painting, not a drawing and no focus on any ball. Adding more references like this just proves some don't do their homework.

Here's the movie on YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-jz6Xr8SUc&t=1283s

Skip to 10:16. It says "nobility at the Court," but this was not the part they played at the event.

Skip to 21:45. That's the right one. It says: "The imperial court." And a quick look at Google Books will confirm that Kronenhäupter only refers to "Herrscher," not anyone lesser than that. It's a simple compound noun in German. You did say you know what Kronhäupter means.

If at all, they may be thinking about the imperial family. I could have written ZKM (it was suggested to me to email them to ask for more details), although I thought it was more important to you to know what artwork was referred to and what part of it was depicted at the event.

To be honest, I don't believe they chose the best word in this context.

Best and enjoy your day!

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...suggested to me that I... That was too quick. Need to go back to work soon. Best

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For the record, I did not agree anywhere. This is about research, not answers. While the movie is a good starting point, I don't think this can be definitely resolved unless someone speaks to the movie company, the marketing department or someone else involved in creating this piece.

The suggestion this is a painting/drawing is false, and that was important to correct. The next asker might need this info. What this asker does with the information is her choice. Movie name and particular scene aside, the findings are inconclusive, so this does not help any of the answers, not the first, not the second and not the third.

That aside, I’m free to agree or disagree with any answer and post references, as this is, of course, the whole point of KudoZ and perfectly legitimate. I shouldn't even have to explain myself here.

What is not OK is to insinuate this somehow overturns her decision, which is not just untrue but doesn’t make sense either. See above. It can, of course, be used to try to debase others without having to talk about linguistic points or do some more digging.