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Q168659
Sign in to saveAlso known as Francis Xavier Winterhalter, Franz Xavier Winterhalter, f. winterhalter, Franz X. J. Winterhalter, F. Xaver Winterhalter, x. winterhalter, f.x. winterhalter, franz x. winterhalter
German painter and lithographer (1805–1873)
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1805-04-20 ) 20 April 1805, Menzenschwand , Saint Blaise Abbey , Duchy of Modena-Breisgau
- Died
- 8 July 1873 (1873-07-08) (aged 68), Frankfurt am Main , German Empire
- Known for
- Painting, litography
via Wikipedia infobox
Works in European collections
30 objects attributed to Q168659, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Farmer with a violin
Sophie, daughter of King Gustav IV of Sweden, wife of Leopold I, Grand Duke of Baden (1801-1865)
Friedrich I. Wilhelm Ludwig, since 1852 Regent von Baden (1826-1855)
Women’s portrait
Sophie (daughter of King Gustav IV of Sweden)
Countrywoman Anna von Hessen, Princess of Prussia
Sophie, daughter of King Gustav IV of Sweden, wife of Leopold I of Baden
Portrait of Marie Caroline Auguste de Bourbon
Portrait of Count Jenison-Walworth
Portrait of a Lady
F. Winterhalter, portrait de l'infante Louise Fernande, duchesse de Montpensier. (Galerie de San Telmo á Séville). [Material gráfico]
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Encyclopedic overview
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. Among his best known works are Empress Eugénie Surrounded by her Ladies in Waiting (1855) and the portraits he made of Empress Elisabeth of Austria (1865).
Early years
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