The painting depicts the final session of the berlin congress on july 13, 1878 in the reich chancellery, with the composition expressing the constellation of powers at that time. Pictured (from left to right): von haymerle, károlyi, de launay, gortschakow (sitting), waddington (in the background), disraeli (gortschakow puts his hand on disraeli's arm), von radowitz (in the middle distance, sitting behind the table), zu hohenlohe-schillingsfürst (standing in the background), corti (also), count de moun (half hidden in the background), paul d'oubril (in the middle distance, sitting behind the table, writing), de saint-vallier (in the background), desprey (also), gyula andrássy (in the foreground), bucher (almost hidden in the background), otto von bismarck (central), von holstein (in the background), busch (in the background), herbert von bismarck (almost hidden in the background), schuwalow (in the foreground, shaking hands with bismarck), sadullah bey (in the background), russell (also), von bülow (sitting), salisbury, carathéodori and mehmed ali pascha the painting was unveiled on march 22, 2005 in the ballroom of the berlin city hall by the berlin mayor klaus wowereit, after the city museum foundation had given the picture, which had been restored in 1992, to the senate chancellery. The first unveiling of the painting took place 124 years earlier, as it also hung in the ballroom from 1881 to 1945. Date: 1881. Dimensions: 360 × 615 cm (11.8 × 20.1 ft). Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: Archives State Agency. BASA-600K-1-1866-10-Der Berliner Congress, 1878
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