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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 ...
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The ensemble is modeled after Elisabeth's attire and hairstyle in the iconic Winterhalter portrait. [citation needed] In 2007, German comedian and director Michael Herbig released an animated parody film based on Elisabeth under the title Lissi und der wilde Kaiser. It is based on his Sissi parody sketches featured in his television show ...
Portrait of Alexandra of Denmark is an 1864 portrait painting by the German artist Franz Xaver Winterhalter. [1] [2] [3] It depicts Alexandra of Denmark, then Princess of Wales as the wife of the future Edward VII. Alexandra had arrived in Britain from her native Denmark the previous year for her wedding.
Portrait of Prince Albert is an 1859 portrait painting by the German artist Franz Xaver Winterhalter depicting Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, the husband of Queen Victoria and Prince Consort of the United Kingdom. [1] [2] It was the last of several portraits Winterhalter painted of Albert before the prince's death in 1860.
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.