Franz-Xaver WINTERHALTER (1806-1873).
Empress Eugénie surrounded by the palace ladies-in-waiting, 1855. Oil on canvas, H.300 x W.420 cm. Compiègne, Château de Compiègne.
Franz-Xaver WINTERHALTER, official painter to the Orleans dynasty before 1948, was the preferred portraitist of the imperial family...
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Franz-Xaver WINTERHALTER (1806-1873).
Empress Eugénie surrounded by the palace ladies-in-waiting, 1855. Oil on canvas, H.300 x W.420 cm. Compiègne, Château de Compiègne.
Franz-Xaver WINTERHALTER, official painter to the Orleans dynasty before 1948, was the preferred portraitist of the imperial family. This work depicts Empress Eugénie, wife of Napoleon III, seated among her ladies-in-waiting. This prestigious evocation of the second imperial France underlines the sparkling charm of Napoleon III's court, in stark contrast to the dull years of Louis-Philippe's bourgeois reign.
Mirror dimensions: Ø 7.3 cm
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