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Duchess Helene in Bavaria (Helene Caroline Therese; 4 April 1834 – 16 May 1890), nicknamed Néné, was the Hereditary Princess of Thurn and Taxis as the wife of Maximilian Anton Lamoral. She was a Duchess in Bavaria by birth as the daughter of Duke Maximilian Joseph and Princess Ludovika. She was temporarily the head of the Thurn and Taxis ...
Gallery of Beauties The Nymphenburg Palace seen from its park. The Gallery of Beauties (German: Schönheitengalerie) is a collection of 38 portraits of the most beautiful women from the nobility and bourgeoisie of Munich, Germany, gathered by King Ludwig I of Bavaria in the south pavilion of his Nymphenburg Palace. [1]
The work has been called "one of the high points of European painting in the late 15th century". [1] The painting shows St Bernard of Clairvaux, deep in his studies, being interrupted by a fully corporeal vision of the Virgin Mary, who appears to him in the clear light of day. Four saints surround them.
Direktion der Bayerischen Staatsgemäldesammlungen (Bavarian State Painting Collections) administration plaque. The Bavarian State Painting Collections (German: Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen), based in Munich, Germany, oversees artwork held by the Free State of Bavaria.
Joseph Karl Stieler (1 November 1781 – 9 April 1858) was a German painter. [1] [2] From 1820 until 1855 he worked as royal court painter for the Bavarian kings.He is known for his Neoclassical portraits, especially for the Gallery of Beauties at Nymphenburg Palace in Munich, as well as his emblematic portrait of Ludwig van Beethoven, which has become one of his most famous works.
Portrait of 17-year-old Helene Sedlmayr in Old Munich costume and cap by court painter Joseph Karl Stieler, c. 1830, for the Gallery of Beauties Helene's grave in Munich's Alter Südfriedhof, burial field 38, row 3, grave 25; the inscription commemorates her celebrated beauty: "King Ludwig I commissioned the youthful portrait of Helene Sedlmayr from his court painter Joseph Karl Stieler for ...
Helena Sofia (Helene) Schjerfbeck (pronounced [heˈleːn ˈʃæ̌rvbek] ⓘ; July 10, 1862 – January 23, 1946) was a Finnish modernist painter known for her realist works and self-portraits, and also for her landscapes and still lifes.
Lady Mary Louise Hamilton, later Duchess of Montrose: 1912: Portrait: Brodick Castle: Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg, Queen of Spain: 1912: Portrait: Theresa Vane-Tempest-Stewart, Marchioness of Londonderry: 1912: Portrait: Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto: 1912: Portrait: Mary Caroline Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, Countess of ...