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Franz Xaver Winterhalter

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Franz Xaver Winterhalter was a German painter and lithographer who lived from 1805 to 1873, 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. Among his best known works are Empress Eugenie Surrounded by her Ladies in Waiting, painted in 1855, and the portraits he made of Empress Elisabeth of Austria in 1865.

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Franz Xaver Winterhalter
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Portrait of Empress Eugénie

Franz Xaver Winterhalter

Portrait of Napoleon III (Winterhalter)

Franz Xaver Winterhalter
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Works Created

Portrait of Empress Eugénie, Works
Source Portrait of Empress Eugenie (Wikipedia)
Portrait of Napoleon III (Winterhalter), Works
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State Portrait of Queen Victoria (Franz Xaver Winterhalter, 1859)

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Germany

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Germany

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Source Getty Research Institute: Union List of Artist Names: Franz Xaver WinterhalterBirth and Death Places
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Born: Menzenschwand (Baden-Württemberg, Germany) (inhabited place)
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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
  • In Group: Academic Painters, Career section
    both paintings are academic compositions in the style of Raphael
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Portrait of Napoleon III (Winterhalter) (Wikipedia)
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Franz Xaver Winterhalter
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Portrait of Empress Eugenie (Wikipedia)
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