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Winterhalter, Franz Xaver (1805-73)

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Name
Winterhalter, Franz Xaver (1805-73)
Nationality
German
Biography
Franz Xaver Winterhalter (b.1805 d.1873) was a German painter known for his portraits of royalty. His romantic and alluring style of painting was a success amongst the aristocracy and meant he completed numerous paintings of European Royalty and the upper-class. Most notable is his painting of Elisabeth, Empress of Austria (1865). Winterhalter was first summoned to London in 1841 where he was commissioned to paint Queen Victoria. He went on to complete both official portraits and more private images for her.
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Assets (157 in total)

Queen Victoria, 1842 (oil on canvas)
Elizabeth of Bavaria, Empress of Austria (oil on canvas)
Empress Eugenie (1826-1920) Surrounded by her Ladies-in-Waiting, 1855 (oil on canvas)
Portrait of Madame Rimsky-Korsakov (1833-78) nee Varvara Dmitrievna Mergassov, 1864 (oil on canvas)
Elizabeth of Bavaria, 19th century (oil on canvas)
Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria (1830-1916) wearing the dress uniform of an Austrian Field Marshal with the Great Star of the Military Order of Maria Theresa, 1864 (oil on canvas)
Portrait of Elisabeth de Wittelsbach (1837-1898) (sissi), Imperator of Austria (1854-1898) and Queen of Hungary (1867-1898) Painting by Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1806-1873), 19th century Vienna Kunsthistorisches Museum
The Royal Family in 1846 (oil on canvas)
Elizabeth (1837-98), Empress of Austria, 1865 (oil on canvas)
Queen Victoria, 1859 (oil on canvas)
Queen Victoria, 1847 (oil on canvas)
Young Italian at the Well, late 1830s-early 1840s (oil on canvas)
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