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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.
Winterhalter not only painted the official portraits of the British royal house but also dedicated himself to producing private images, as is the case with this work that was commissioned as a surprise gift from Queen Victoria to her husband Prince Albert on the occasion of his twenty-fourth birthday. Albert well appreciated the portrait.
Provenance: Painted for Queen Victoria, 1842: Inscriptions: Signed and dated: F Winterhalter 1842. Inscribed on the back with the names of the artist and sitter and the date, 1842. References: Royal Collection RCIN 403056: Source/Photographer: Franz Xaver Winterhalter and the Courts of Europe, 1830-70, Ormond, Richard and Blackett-Ord: Permission
English: Portrait of Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach as Crown Princess of Prussia, wearing the ribbon of the Order of the Red Eagle of Prussia. In July 1853 Queen Victoria commissioned to Franz Xaver Winterhalter a portrait of Princess Augusta, who was one of the Sponsors at the christening of Victoria’s son, Prince Leopold.
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Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death in 1901. Her reign of 63 years and 216 days—which was longer than those of any of her predecessors —constituted the Victorian era .
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