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Franz Xaver Winterhalter (20 April 1805 – 8 July 1873) was a German painter and lithographer, known for his flattering portraits of royalty and upper-class society in the mid-19th century. His name has become associated with fashionable court portraiture .
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The Winterhalter Catalogue. Franz Xaver Winterhalter: Works 1861-1865, WordPress (English) 2155 R Franz Xaver Winterhalten I 1805-1873 Empress Elisabeth of Austria I 1865 Kunsthistorisches Museum mit MVK. ÖTM 2009 I 1028, Flickr (English) Franz Xaver Winterhalter: The Empress Elisabeth of Austria, Fashion History Timeline (English) Bpk-ID ...
Pages in category "Paintings by Franz Xaver Winterhalter" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. ... (Winterhalter) Portrait of Zofia Potocka; Q.
Elisabeth (born Duchess Elisabeth Amalie Eugenie in Bavaria; 24 December 1837 – 10 September 1898), nicknamed Sisi or Sissi, [1] was Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary from her marriage to Franz Josef I of Austria on 24 April 1854 until her assassination in 1898.
Villa Elizavetino near Gatchina. Elizaveta was the maid of honour of Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna.In 1859, her portrait was painted by Franz Xaver Winterhalter.. After the death of her husband, Elizaveta Esperovna began to spend more time abroad, lived in France, where she kept a political salon. [2]
Winterhalter opted for a daring portrait, unusual in his oeuvre, both in conception and format. [1] She appears reclined on a low Turkish sofa on a veranda overlooking a lush tropical landscape, possibly the Wittgenstein palace in the Crimea, even though the portrait was painted in Paris. Her pose is reminiscent of harem scenes and odalisque.
Born on 28 June 1847, Carmen-Ida-Marie Aguado was the daughter of Alexandre Aguado and Claire Emilie MacDonnel. [2] Claire was a lady-in-waiting to Eugénie de Montijo, and Alexandre was a patient at a mental asylum. [3]